How to Use demolition in a Sentence

demolition

noun
  • The demolitions should be complete by the end of the year.
  • The old factory is scheduled for demolition next week.
  • The demolition itself, shown about 24 minutes in to the video, took less than a minute.
    — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2022
  • What's next: The south garage closed to new cars over the weekend to prepare for demolition.
    — Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
  • But the property mostly looked the same after the demolition, putting the cleanup process in the city’s hands.
    — Dallas News, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Then after the race, the rest of the demolition and rebuilding will start.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2024
  • Spared from demolition is a Catholic chapel built in the 1930s that might be preserved as a scenic structure.
    — Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • In return, the Bucks paid for the Bradley Center's demolition.
    — Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2023
  • In an exclusive clip, above, viewers see Berry put her demolition skills to the test with the help of Jonathan and Drew.
    — Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 2 June 2022
  • The fire broke out in part of the roof of the old natatorium during demolition, the school district said.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Devices that aren’t fused, and are therefore safe to move, are taken to a demolition site in the middle of a field.
    — Lynsey Addario, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • When the house was slated for demolition in 2009, the Lunuganga Trust moved the structure and rebuilt it, piece by piece.
    — Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The road to the spillway and fishing pier may be closed during demolition, the statement said.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2021
  • The thrilling start to his Manchester City career was capped with a goal and four assists in the 6-1 demolition of Bournemouth.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • This was in the summer of 2019, when demolitions were under way.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
  • On the floor are smashed pieces of green wood twisted in a way that suggests remnants left over from a home demolition.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2022
  • Why: Bridge demolition and construction as part of the North Split project.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2021
  • The district said in May the demolition would take place in summer 2024 following the end of the school year, which was Monday.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 14 June 2024
  • As of this past weekend, the structure was still set for demolition.
    — William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
  • It is slated for demolition as part of the plan to build a much larger Terminal 1 over the next decade.
    — New York Times, 21 July 2022
  • The story begins as demolition crews are about to move in.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Authorities still have no idea when the fire will die down, but demolition will be the next step.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The project is expected to be going out to bid soon with demolition taking place in the spring.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The other change was in demolition, which added more funding to cover more in each ward.
    — Eplunus Colvin, Arkansas Online, 1 Nov. 2023
  • In the exclusive clip, the former Jeopardy! host rolls up her sleeves to take out some weeds and begin the demolition process.
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Many of the schools became vacant and faced demolition over the years, Finch said, adding roughly 10% of the schools are still standing today.
    — Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The city of Detroit issued a demolition permit late last month for Adamo to take down the test cells structures.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2022
  • And while some hard-core purists may wince, the demolition crew has been instructed to tear out the original brick pit.
    — Jill Wendholt Silva, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The building was stripped to its beams for the demolition but had once been full of offices and conference rooms – and asbestos.
    — Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 29 Oct. 2022
  • However, no amount of care or good intentions can prevent the sudden demolition of the brothers’ home, courtesy of a vague order from the IDF — for which the family is even forced to pay.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025

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