demolish

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Or that the public housing she championed would itself deteriorate so badly that, by 1990, the federal government would label much of it as “severely distressed”—and demolish it for having become a latter-day slum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Graffiti, trash, trespassing and safety issues at the sprawling mall vexed local officials for so many years that they secured an injunction forcing the property owners to redevelop it or demolish it by August.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

With their latest lawsuit, Milstein and Bank are seeking a court order allowing them to demolish the house and compensation for the decline in property value after the city’s decision to declare it a monument.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

"When they demolish, will they build for the use of those who occupied those properties?" asked Moses Ogunleye, a fellow at the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

Heavy artillery, moved to the front by rail and tractor and set up on reinforced beds, could demolish targets more than twenty-five miles away.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman