: a tall building (such as a high-rise apartment building)
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German flags are flying from car windows and tower blocks.—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 2 July 2024 The Times reported that the woman fell over 90 feet from the 17-story tower block.—David Chiu, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024 Then the assassination of Hezbollah’s longtime and charismatic leader Hassan Nasrallah in a bunker beneath a cluster of tower blocks in Dahiyeh.—Ruth Michaelson / Beirut, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024 Groups such as Create Streets have emphasized relaxing planning regulations so that local areas can opt for high-density buildings on streets instead of imposing no-go cul-de-sacs thick with tower blocks.—Sahil Mahtani, Foreign Affairs, 20 Nov. 2017 See all Example Sentences for tower block
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