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demolished

  • past participle
    of demolish.
    demolish
    verb (used with object)
    to destroy or ruin (a building or other structure), especially on purpose; tear down; raze.
  • past tense form
    of demolish.
    demolish
    verb (used with object)
    to destroy or ruin (a building or other structure), especially on purpose; tear down; raze.

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Carol Ann’s house, like the sisters’, has been demolished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

England's front four will share praise for the way in which they demolished the Croatian backline.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Other buildings still on the site are not intended to be demolished until 2040 at the earliest with final site clearance expected by 2095.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Sepulveda said the softball program also is being looked at because of the addition of a new fence that was not authorized and is being demolished.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Putnam’s argument was demolished by Larry Laudan, who objected to the claim that successful scientific theories were likely to be true, and he was quite right to do so.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton