Demolition

Definitions

The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“During the war, but unrecorded because of the requirements of censorship, a link⟳ with the now partly-abandoned Cardiff Railway disappeared with the demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct, near Treforest, South Wales, in the latter part of 1942. The steelwork in this structure⟳, amounting to nearly 1,150 tons, was salvaged as scrap metal to assist the war effort.”

“At Kiwi, 40 miles from Nelson [New Zealand], eight women installed themselves in the goods shed⟳, taking with them their knitting, and a supply⟳ of food and magazines. The demolition crew was unable to pull⟳ the building down without injuring them.”

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