demolishing
di mo li shing
- n complete destruction of a building
- v destroy completely
- v humiliate or depress completely
- v defeat soundly
- So many people have left Halle, in fact, that the city is demolishing scores of vacant apartment blocks.
- And it would take an average of 65 years for the reduced carbon emissions from a new energy-efficient home to make up for the resources lost by demolishing an old one.
- Though now independent, Singapore honored its defense commitments by sending half of its two-battalion army to replace a Malaysian detachment in Borneo, thus demolishing whatever .