demolition

Example Sentences

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Following the demolition, Cowlin said there had been incidents of people claiming they were her gardener, or even her grandchildren, and pinching things.

From BBC

The demolition provoked the worst religious violence in India for many decades - it was, he said years later, the "gravest setback" to secularism since the country's independence from Britain in 1947.

From BBC

A dilapidated watermill was up for sale after its previous owner, who saved it from demolition in the 1970s, had gone bankrupt.

From BBC

With temperatures climbing to a forecast 40C, it was not the demolition job many predicted against a player ranked 85 with Sinner struggling to acclimatise in the brutal conditions.

From Barron's

It said the demolition was necessary for security reasons.

From BBC