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high-rise apartment

NOUN
apartment building
Synonyms
STRONGEST
apartment block apartment complex apartment house apartments flats multi-dwelling unit tenement
STRONG
WEAK
flat house residential complex tower block


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On June 24, the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes hit Caracas and the coastal state of La Guaira, flattening entire high-rise apartment blocks into layers of rubble.

From Barron's • Jul. 11, 2026

On a road that hugs the coastline, two high-rise apartment blocks – part of Bello Horizonte complex – have collapsed into a heap.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

They were at work when the quakes struck, causing high-rise apartment buildings, shopping centers and schools to crumple.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

He and four others were taken to a skybridge connecting two high-rise apartment complexes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Natalie thought about Shannon, in her high-rise apartment with its own generator.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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