[ UK /dˌɛməlˈɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌdɛməˈɫɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of demolishing
    the demolition of the huge tower was quite a spectacle
  2. an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
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How To Use demolition In A Sentence

  • Everyone needed time to take stock after the most prestigious solo race had turned into a demolition derby. Times, Sunday Times
  • Shortly after the demolition of the tower, the reef, as if enraged at having been denied a number of victims owing to the existence of the warning light, trapt the "Winchelsea" as she was swinging up Channel, and smashed her to atoms, with enormous loss of life. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2
  • Celebrity steeplejack Fred Dibnah was supposed to end his days of felling factory chimneys with the demolition of the 175-ft Park Mill chimney in Royton yesterday.
  • The most obvious of these powers is that of the demolition and clearance of housing that is deemed unfit for human habitation. Introduction to Social Administration in Britain
  • The Robin Hood pub has been saved from demolition but its future as a watering hole looks uncertain.
  • The document, which critics of the plan describe as convoluted and skillfully worded, does not specify any dates for construction or even mention demolition. NYT > Home Page
  • In the end they decided against any demolition work. The Sun
  • Voting for the monorail system, terming it as a ‘superior alternative’, the letter added that its advantages were that it did not include any demolition and dislocation of existing traffic even during the construction stages.
  • He set a demolition charge on the device before running back. The Sun
  • the demolition of the huge tower was quite a spectacle
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