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as in razed
to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces
developers demolished the old warehouse to make room for the new shopping mall
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as in ruined
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
most of the buildings in the town had been demolished in the bombing raid
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as in shattered
to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive
terrorists used a powerful pipe bomb to demolish the concrete wall around the compound
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Recent Examples of demolished
Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Buildings on site tied to the Cadillac dealership have already been demolished as part of the redevelopment plans, including a parts service building and a collision, paint, and repair center.
—Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
Downtown bar Moses Roses will be demolished to make way for the museum after a yearlong eminent domain dispute.
—Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
That's five feet above the record set during the 1916 floods, which killed numerous people and demolished most of Asheville.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
There was controversy during the initial planning stages over whether the Crockett and Woolworth buildings would be demolished for a new structure.
—Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
Relief workers are rushing aid to Asheville and nearby towns in North Carolina after massive floods caused by Hurricane Helene demolished buildings, destroyed roads and cut power to thousands.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
At least 44 people were killed across the state, most in a mountainous county where monstrous floodwaters engulfed homes, demolished businesses and cut off power to thousands.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
The site previously housed two buildings that were improperly demolished.
—La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2024
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The distillery operated sporadically before being mothballed in 1998 and demolished in 2013.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Buildings on site tied to the Cadillac dealership have already been demolished as part of the redevelopment plans, including a parts service building and a collision, paint, and repair center.
—Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
Downtown bar Moses Roses will be demolished to make way for the museum after a yearlong eminent domain dispute.
—Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
That's five feet above the record set during the 1916 floods, which killed numerous people and demolished most of Asheville.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
There was controversy during the initial planning stages over whether the Crockett and Woolworth buildings would be demolished for a new structure.
—Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
Relief workers are rushing aid to Asheville and nearby towns in North Carolina after massive floods caused by Hurricane Helene demolished buildings, destroyed roads and cut power to thousands.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
At least 44 people were killed across the state, most in a mountainous county where monstrous floodwaters engulfed homes, demolished businesses and cut off power to thousands.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
The site previously housed two buildings that were improperly demolished.
—La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for demolished
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Liber Pater wines are made on a tiny patch of land in the Graves region of Bordeaux, one of the few places unaffected by the phylloxera bacterium that destroyed vineyards across Europe in the mid-19th century.Matteo Atti, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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The wineries surrounding this area did suffer some damage, but only one had a portion of its vineyards destroyed.Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Rescue crews are hindered by cell service outages and ruined roads and bridges as federal officials warn money to help people get back on their feet is tenuous with 57 days still left in the official hurricane season.Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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Instead of basking at the park's desert ecosystem, visitors left graffiti and ruined trails.Louis Casiano, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2024
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Designers believed that form should follow function and razed the superfluous embellishments in favor of a minimalistic approach.Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 3 Oct. 2024
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More than a thousand civilians are dead, more than a million have fled their homes, and entire city blocks have been razed.Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
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More than 1,000 soldiers from the country's emergency response units had been deployed to the devastated areas.David Hodari, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Baptists on Mission Baptists on Mission is another piece of the fabric holding devastated communities together in Helene’s deadly wake.Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Oct. 2024
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Federal officials and experts are warning that the winds and floodwaters from Helene that wrecked the Southeast carry unscrupulous fraudsters amid the flotsam.Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
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When the smoke cleared, 16 MT-LBs and a tank lay wrecked.David Axe, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Demolished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demolished. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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