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• The caravans' concrete hardstanding was demolished by the council soon after.From the entry hardstanding
• Projects like Pruitt-Igoe were considered irreparably dangerous and demolished.From the entry project
• The house adjacent to the school was demolished.From the entry adjacent
• There used to be a coal bunker at the back of the house - it was demolished years ago.From the entry bunker
• They've totally demolished the bank on Main Street.From the entry totally
• The villagers petitioned the council to demolish the dangerous building.From the entry petition
• The building has long since been demolished.From the entry long since
• Dobbs demolished a federal right to abortion, and its legality currently rests with each state.2023 July 6, Sarah Boden, “A year after victory in Dobbs decision, anti-abortion activists still in fight mode”, in NPR, archived from the…. From the entry Dobbs
• Between the steelworks and the mighty Yangtze River, demolished buildings and hoardings advertise a new logistics centre.2012, Tom Miller, “The Construction Orgy: Paving the Fields”, in China's Urban Billion: The Story Behind the Biggest Migration in Human…. From the entry smokestack
• He had the uncanny ability to demolish his opponents with ease and make mincemeat out of them.2007, Harry Lawson, Varghese Kattooparambil, Tom of Twofold Bay, →ISBN, page 21. From the entry make mincemeat out of
• If a home decreases in value because part of it is demolished, it may be rebanded immediately.2006, Richard Miller Bird, François Vaillancourt, Perspectives on Fiscal Federalism, page 203. From the entry reband
• With a great thump on the table, Poirot demolished his carefully built up edifice.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 165. From the entry edifice
• Ah, believe me, Paddy, the world would be healthier if every chemist's shop in England were demolished.1906 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “The Doctor’s Dilemma”, in The Doctor’s Dilemma, Getting Married, & The Shewing-Up of Blanco…. From the entry old school
• The uniform was leading them across the wasteground, where one side of a great black square of tenements had been demolished.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 18. From the entry wasteground
• By demolishing the intuitions, the anti-zombie argument removes what has long been seen as a major problem for physicalism and functionalism.2017, Robert Kirk, Robots, Zombies and Us: Understanding Consciousness, →ISBN. From the entry antizombie
• Last November, the City of Zhoukou, Henan Province issued an administrative notice ordering families to demolish or move their ancestral tombs.2013 March 1, Hongyi Zhao, “Moving graves a headache for all”, in Beijing Today, →OCLC, page 3. From the entry Zhoukou
• Beijing is changing fast to get ready for the Olympics -- definitely wander the hutongs before they are demolished.2006 September 3 [2006 July 26], Lili, quotee, “The Frugal Traveler Sees the World”, in The New York Times, National edition, →ISSN…. From the entry Beihai
• All its previous certainties have been demolished.1991, “Editorial notes”, in The Cereologist: The Journal for Crop Circles Studies, Shepton Mallet, Somerset: The Cereologist, OCLC…. From the entry cereology
• The landslide on Tuesday demolished a five-story apartment building and two private hotels in Wuxi County in Sichuan Province.1987 September 7, “Landslide Toll in China Is 65”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, World…. From the entry Wuxi
• Out from the odex came a fang-gaping ilps, a vicious manxome monster which Governor Troop demolished with five well-placed immaculately-timed questions.1987, Hugh Cook, The Wordsmiths and the Warguild (Chronicles of an Age of Darkness), Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire: Colin Smythe, →ISBN…. From the entry manxome
• They obviously had been taken from a demolished Islamic mosque.1984, Zhuang Weiji, quotee, Jews in Old China: Studies by Chinese Scholars, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 147. From the entry Quanzhou
• The entire left wing and left stabilizer were demolished.1973 June 14, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.12 Aircraft Wreckage”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Eastern Air Lines, Inc.…. From the entry disintegrate
• To do this, a temporary variance was obtained in the city's building codes, which forbid demolishing of buildings by balling .1964, Construction Craftsman - Volumes 3-4, page 14. From the entry balling
• The buildings on the downside of the station were demolished and new premises of modern design constructed on the new platform.1962, Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological, page 144. From the entry downside
• The appeal was coupled with the warning that before long Communist artillery fire will "completely demolish your positions."[1958 September 2, “Central Intelligence Bulletin”, in CIA, page 1. From the entry Lieh Hsü
• They were unfortunate, for a well-aimed shell during a German evening strafe demolished the apple tree and the nest.1917, H.Thoburn-Clarke, “Nesting Mothers of Battle Zone: Bird Life Where Cannons Roar”, in Current History, volume 6, number 1, page 142. From the entry strafe
• Much of London would have had to be demolished to make way for the ring roads, and parking was becoming an insuperable difficulty.2025 September 3, Christian Wolmar, “9 to 5: The changing face of commuting”, in RAIL, number 1043, page 57. From the entry insuperable
• It reopened as St Pancras Renaissance Hotel London in the early part of this century, and it now seens unthinkable to demolish such a structure.2023 August 23, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Check out Britain's famous station hotels: St Pancras”, in RAIL, number 990, page 61. From the entry unthinkable
• Tons of engine sheds would bite the dust with the end of steam, and many would be demolished with their time in the spotlight over.2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Didcot (1932)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 61. From the entry preservation
• Legislators yesterday stated their displeasure with plans to demolish a military residence in Chingshui Township (清水), Taichung County, saying that Taiwanese culture is at risk.2006 March 16, Jean Lin, “Taiwanese culture at risk, say legislators”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Oct…. From the entry Chingshui
• Her first married home, when she was a school-dinner lady, had been in a terrace that had been demolished to make way for the Amersham.2005, Gerald Seymour, Rat Run, Hodder & Stoughton, published 2014, →ISBN. From the entry school-dinner lady
• Nay, he was quite an adept, and was very effective as a change bowler, for in no time he demolished the castle of any batsman.1966, Gurdeep Singh, Cricket in Northern India, page 59. From the entry castle
• And it wasn't just station buildings - workers' cottages, stationmasters' houses, signal boxes and goods sheds largely survived at a time when main line intermediate stations were being demolished.2021 October 20, Mark Rand, “S&C: a line fit for tourists... and everyone?”, in RAIL, number 942, page 42. From the entry goods shed
• I've heard my patients talk about exercising to "burn off the Big Mac" they ate for lunch or for that key lime pie they demolished last night.2003, Arthur Agatston, The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Management…. From the entry Big Mac

Meaning of demolish

1. verb To destroy (buildings, etc.), especially in a planned or intentional fashion.
2. verb To defeat, refute, discredit, or consume utterly (as a theory, belief or opponent).
3. verb To devour; to eat up.

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How do you use demolish in a sentence?

Demolish is used as a verb. For example: “They demolished the old mill and put up four townhouses.”

What is a short sentence with demolish?

“All its previous certainties have been demolished.”

What does demolish mean?

Demolish means to destroy (buildings, etc.), especially in a planned or intentional fashion.