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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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
He braked his Western 100 in front of a villa with a half-demolished back patio.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2017
We see condemned buildings and half-demolished homes rather than the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art or the roomy executive homes of Nunthorpe, Acklam or Marton.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2016
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
Ere they had gone any great distance, they came upon the half-demolished carcass of a dead horse.
From The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish by Cooper, James Fenimore
