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Princeton's WordNet

  1. razing, leveling, tearing down, demolishingnoun

    complete destruction of a building

Wikipedia

  1. demolishing

    Demolition (also known as razing, cartage, and wrecking) is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down of buildings and other artificial structures. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for reuse purposes. For small buildings, such as houses, that are only two or three stories high, demolition is a rather simple process. The building is pulled down either manually or mechanically using large hydraulic equipment: elevated work platforms, cranes, excavators or bulldozers. Larger buildings may require the use of a wrecking ball, a heavy weight on a cable that is swung by a crane into the side of the buildings. Wrecking balls are especially effective against masonry, but are less easily controlled and often less efficient than other methods. Newer methods may use rotational hydraulic shears and silenced rock-breakers attached to excavators to cut or break through wood, steel, and concrete. The use of shears is especially common when flame cutting would be dangerous. The tallest planned demolition of a building was the 52-storey 270 Park Avenue in New York City, which was built in 1960 and torn down in 2019–2021 to be replaced by 270 Park Avenue.

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  1. demolishing

    Demolishing generally refers to the act of destroying or tearing down a structure, such as a building or a monument, often with the intent of making space for new construction. It involves the systematic and careful removal of parts or the whole of the structure, sometimes involving the use of heavy machinery or explosives.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Demolishing

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of demolishing in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of demolishing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of demolishing in a Sentence

  1. Sunni Islamists:

    If Iran is demolishing houses, killing people, burning the people alive, and the international community is silent, if Bashar Assad is dropping these barrel bombs on the houses of the civilians, killing randomly, and the international dirty community is silent, of course the people will wait for Islamic State.

  2. Stephanie Strausz:

    I can’t believe they’re just demolishing the whole thing. It’s shocking.

  3. Syed Mokhtar Albukhary:

    What is happening in the world, demolishing all the Islamic heritage, non-Islamic antiquities, is a bad image, the British Museum ... has been building this collection, without them we would not have any history.

  4. Proverb:

    He builds a castle by demolishing a country. #CVirusTruth

  5. Stephanie Strausz:

    I was literally sitting in one of those seats last night, i can’t believe they’re just demolishing the whole thing. It’s shocking.

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