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demolition

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
demolition /ˌdɛməˈlɪʃ(ə)n/

▶noun the action or process of demolishing or being demolished.

– derivatives
demolitionist noun.

– origin C16: via Fr. from L. demolitio(n-), from demoliri (see demolish).

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A few protesters are hanging around the adjacent Queen’s Pier, on what is its last day before it, too, faces demolition

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