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demolishing

[ US /dɪˈmɑɫɪʃɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /dɪmˈɒlɪʃɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. complete destruction of a building

How To Use demolishing In A Sentence

  • To quell resistance, air strikes and artillery barrages were called in, largely demolishing the town.
  • Bulldozers have begun demolishing the terrace in front of the bowling green in readiness for the building of a members' long room and 36 executive boxes.
  • In response, the army launched a military assault on the facility in which the men were being held, demolishing parts of the building.
  • But parts of the eighteenth-century limestone doorcases were ‘not entirely original’ which would ‘allow for a more flexible approach to either demolishing them or allowing them to be dismantled for re-use elsewhere’.
  • He said plans for the site would not necessarily include demolishing the buildings or cutting down the trees.
  • An immense amount of effort went into demolishing one small myth. Times, Sunday Times
  • Yet more are removing rubbish, refurbishing hotels and demolishing or concealing unsightly buildings. Times, Sunday Times
  • A strong case would have to be made for demolishing it, but it is certainly both possible and desirable. Times, Sunday Times
  • They suggest raising the proposed buildings on the site and demolishing and remodelling the existing stone flood barrier on the banks of the Aire to ease the flow in times of flooding.
  • Yet more are removing rubbish, refurbishing hotels and demolishing or concealing unsightly buildings. Times, Sunday Times
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