demolish
verb (used with object)
to destroy or ruin (a building or other structure), especially on purpose; tear down; raze.
half-demolished
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a word derived from
demolish.
Example Sentences
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There are some half-demolished workshops, and the whole Northern Quarter has a layer of grit and graffiti.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2023
The only sound that came back was the echo from the half-demolished building and the pounding of the surf.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 11, 2018
Xian remains in the same wooden chair, back to the wall, facing his half-demolished village and a new garden that villagers have planted on the rubble.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2015
Tarpinian took photos of the shattered roof, half-demolished walls and former patio where a knocked-out door frames emptiness behind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2015
I then could hear the voice of mourning—"Rachel weeping" within, and the boy lying across a half-demolished hay-rick, crying and sobbing as if his heart would burst.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
