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Six example sentences with demolition, each labelled with its topic.
The council approved demolition of the derelict mill, and by Friday nothing stood where six brick stories had been.
Architecture
Contractors scheduled the demolition for dawn, so shoppers arrived to find only rubble where the old department store stood.
Business
Younger players adore the demolition mode, where cartoon wrecking balls flatten towers of blocks into colorful dust.
Gaming
The demolition of the old dam let salmon return to the upper river for the first time in a century.
Environment
The demolition of the city walls in 1857 gave Vienna the broad ring road that still circles its center.
History
The demolition of the tower was filmed from six angles, and the director used all of them in the finale.
Movies
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- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
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