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Demolition
"Demolition" in a Sentence (12 examples)
If the demolition of buildings is uncontrolled, a fine city is in danger of becoming nothing more than a concrete jungle.
Well over three thousand people signed to prevent the demolition of this historic building.
This was the first time Tom had ever seen a demolition derby.
All demolition charges have been deactivated.
Sledgehammers are used in construction demolition, in mining, in driving fence posts into the ground and in driving the spikes that secure the rails to the wooden railway ties.
If the demolition of buildings gets out of control, the city is faced with the risk of turning into a pile of concrete.
This was the first time that Tom had ever seen a demolition derby.
The demolition site is covered with plastic mesh to keep down the dust.
The building was saved from demolition.
Demolition experts late Sunday imploded the remaining portion of the partially collapsed condominium, fearing that it was unstable and could come down in the face of high winds from an advancing tropical storm.
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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.
At Kiwi, 40 miles from Nelson [New Zealand], eight women installed themselves in the goods shed, taking with them their knitting, and a supply of food and magazines. The demolition crew was unable to pull the building down without injuring them.
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