outbuilding

Example Sentences

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And that would mean unbuilding the Great Wall.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2022

Indeed, the termite mound is not so much a building as a body, a self-regulating organic process that continuously reacts to its changing environment, building and unbuilding itself.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 10, 2018

And the dreams that have gotten away have tended to be unfulfilled exercises in unbuilding and regreening.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2018

To minimize the potential for contamination, workers have had to reverse engineer HA-23S, essentially unbuilding it from the inside using the glove ports.

From BusinessWeek • Aug. 1, 2013

And here you may have a surprise and be taught a lesson in wariness which you will need if you would survive your unbuilding.

From Old Plymouth Trails by Packard, Winthrop