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adjective

as in destroyed

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verb

past tense of demolish

as in razed

to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces developers demolished the old warehouse to make room for the new shopping mall

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as in ruined

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of most of the buildings in the town had been demolished in the bombing raid

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as in shattered

to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive terrorists used a powerful pipe bomb to demolish the concrete wall around the compound

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That includes what else could get demolished or built, beyond the stadium and team headquarters. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026 The island is the former home of a Renault factory, which was active for most of the 20th century and demolished in 2005. — News Desk, Artforum, 14 Oct. 2026 For one thing, Baron Haussmann had demolished swaths of the neighborhood in the mid-eighteen-hundreds to create the Place de la République. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Soon, around a dozen others joined him, sleeping on and off for a month until the beachside tent camp was fully demolished when Spanish police removed a few thousand migrants. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 The old airport must be demolished within 12 months under the development agreement with the City of Burbank. — Annita Katee, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026 Pulte’s application calls for the existing shopping center to be demolished, paving the way for construction of three six-story condominium buildings, two single-story commercial structures and a riverwalk. — Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 And Hernández demolished it, taking three slow steps out of the batter’s box before dropping the bat. — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attended the demolition and said Israeli authorities had demolished more than 10,000 structures built without permits over the past year and a half. — Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

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Sitting on the rim of his consciousness was always cataclysm, the muted whisper of a ruined world.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Definition of ruined

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Firefighters battling a blaze that destroyed six homes in south Orange County can expect a bit of reprieve Saturday afternoon as Santa Ana winds begin to die down.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Its owners, a family of three, left for a cruise before the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel destroyed their property.

— Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026

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Multiple temperature records have been shattered, and an intense marine heat wave has been churning since last December — making our typical high tides even higher — El Niño notwithstanding.

— Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Business damaged by gunfire A bullet shattered the window of Tikal Cocina Café during the shooting.

— Janay Reece, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of shattered

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Protesters have hurled rocks at police, burned government buildings, smashed shop windows and destroyed private property.

— Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Carl Court / Getty In cities across the country, demonstrators set fire to newsstands and smashed windows.

— Max Butterworth, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of smashed

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The McCoys’ attorney said the house will need to be razed and completely rebuilt.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026
Designed to last over a century, the building is a rejection of Japan’s disposable architecture, in which structures are razed — and all vegetation on lots ripped out — after a few decades of use.

— Tim Hornyak, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of razed

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Decades of deforestation have devastated vast areas of orangutan habitat, pushing the animals into smaller pockets, increasing their vulnerability to poachers.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Going on two years after the wildfires that devastated Pacific Palisades and other Los Angeles-area neighborhoods, a popular moviehouse is ready for its closeup.

— Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

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