demolishing in English

verb

1

pull or knock down (a building).

The plans comprise demolishing the pub and building seven three-bedroom houses, a four-storey block of eight, two-bedroom flats and a two-storey block with a flat and car park.

synonyms: knock down, pull down, tear down, bring down, destroy, flatten, raze (to the ground), level, bulldoze, topple, blow up, dismantle, disassemble

noun

tearing down, leveling, razing

verb

knock down, destroy, crush, pulverize
knock down, pull down, tear down, bring down, destroy, flatten, raze (to the ground), level, bulldoze, topple, blow up, dismantle, disassemble
destroy, ruin, wreck, refute, disprove, discredit, overturn, explode, poke holes in
crush, smash
destroy
pulverize, pulverise

Use "demolishing" in a sentence

1. A storm moved directly over the island, demolishing buildings and flooding streets.

2. Synonyms for Annihilating include destroying, demolishing, wrecking, ruining, devastating, smashing, razing, shattering, decimating and totalling

3. In 1910 Hilton Anderson's foreman bricklayer was killed when he fell while demolishing a brick kiln.

4. A case of demolishing a reinforced concrete dual ditch by millisecond water - pressure blasting is introduced.

5. So I decided to invite them in with the intention of demolishing their arguments. . . .

6. Two planes ploughed into New York's landmark - World Trade Center, demolishing the twin 110 - story towers.

7. Abrahah decided to avenge this act by demolishing the Kaaba and he advanced with an army towards Mecca.

8. However, his immoral son Vijay Befools him and renders him homeless by demolishing his ancestral home, and constructs a multistoried building in its

9. Shuttlecocked Seaton and Battledored Vera were gamed from one house to another, because Mount Street also was about to fall before the mangonels of a demolishing council

10. Perks are gained through actions, such as evading high-level alarms, sniping targets or demolishing a set number of German installations or vehicles with a certain requirement.

11. " We have been demolishing unauthorised brick kilns and have been implementing the World Bank-supported clean air and sustainable environment project through which we patronise new technologies that reduce air pollution . "

12. 11: In London, 57 people are killed and 69 injured when a German bomb lands outside the Bank of England, demolishing the Underground station below and leaving a 120-foot crater.

13. Buggyman appeared in episode #11, "Time Wars" where he was sent from GoBotron to Earth on a mission by Cy-Kill to delay the Guardians by demolishing a dam

14. Exhaustive, conclusive study demonstrating specific Ambiguities in the documents of Vatican II from the mouths of the Council Fathers themselves, demolishing the argument that the charge of ambiguity in conciliar documents is a canard of Traditionalist bloggers.

15. A large bulldozer is quite capable of demolishing a house, saving the time and safety concerns that come with taking it apart piece by piece manually, and of course, Bulldozers are also very good at removing the resulting rubble when the site