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In December the Ukrainian city authorities in exile said Russia was demolishing the ruins of the theatre.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2023

A few physicians had been deeply kind and tried their hardest to discover the culprit that was demolishing my body and upending my life.

From Washington Post • Aug. 6, 2021

Clair’s cousin was demolishing the old school, and Clair got crash doors and windows at a good price, too.

From Washington Times • May 23, 2015

He believed his neighborhood’s worst years were over, now that the city was demolishing the legacies of the foreclosures.

From Salon • May 12, 2013

He was demolishing a great slice of Volgan sturgeon, contemplating at the same time with immense interest a salad of creamed cucumbers, when Matrena Petrovna appeared.

From The Secret of the Night by Leroux, Gaston