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Demolition
//ɖɛ~ɪˈmɔlɪʃən// noun
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Noun
- 1 The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures. countable, uncountable
"During the war, but unrecorded because of the requirements of censorship, a link with the now partly-abandoned Cardiff Railway disappeared with the demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct, near Treforest, South Wales, in the latter part of 1942. The steelwork in this structure, amounting to nearly 1,150 tons, was salvaged as scrap metal to assist the war effort."
- 2 the act of demolishing wordnet
- 3 an event that completely destroys something wordnet
Etymology
From Old French demolition, from Latin dēmōlītiō (“a tearing down”). Equivalent to demolish + -ion.
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