Word:

demolishing

Number of occurrences: 3,914 Rank: 37,795 Frequency class: 15

See also: Demolishing
Part of speech: Verb
Baseform: demolish

Examples

  • He’d got started jumping over pens and was just demolishing everything. (www.tylercountybooster.com, collected on 08/11/2016)
  • We started demolishing the house. (www.ynetnews.com, collected on 16/11/2016)
  • The appointed council is now contemplating decommissioning the building and possibly demolishing it. (www.chilliwacktimes.com, collected on 18/11/2016)
  • A pair of freestanding single-family homes, one on either parcel, would need demolishing. (www.nnsl.com, collected on 13/11/2016)
  • It might delay demolishing the old school. (www.whitefishpilot.com, collected on 16/11/2016)
  • Selling, however, would have meant demolishing the church and replacing it with high-rise apartments. (www.chron.com, collected on 18/11/2016)
  • Maybe we would've saved money on demolishing them. (www.thegramblinite.com, collected on 14/11/2016)
  • Would New York City consider demolishing Grand Central Station? (www.therepublicannews.com, collected on 07/11/2016)
  • Its purpose had been to prevent speeding cars and weather related accidents from demolishing the tombstones. (www.hclocal.com, collected on 11/11/2016)
  • The result is hordes of contenders without a prayer, empty debates, ruthless demolishing each other and a crippled nominee. (www.thechronicleherald.ca, collected on 07/11/2016)

Words occurring in the Same Sentence

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of (17,391), and (11,511), for (9,483), by (8,773), in (5,509), on (4,752), the (4,482), after (4,161), from (3,570), is (3,570), to (3,169), or (3,034), are (2,642), began (2,382), that (2,219), before (2,064), be (1,990), started (1,971), include (1,867), was (1,829), start (1,748), about (1,659), begin (1,555), been (1,526), with (1,473), than (1,413), without (1,366), includes (1,301), while (1,122), were (1,097), proposed (1,025), involve (1,008), instead of (894), After (885), call for (880), at (869), included (847), involves (845), not (803), said (768), considered (720), then (707), consider (682), in the process of (681), as (678), rather than (602), By (596), completely (560), responsible for (551), busy (517), begun (495), involved (466), into (464), finished (456), toward (453), also (426), But (415), even (408), including (400), called for (388)
the (65,294), a (11,241), it (5,828), of (5,714), and (5,139), them (3,099), an (2,719), buildings (2,213), their (2,154), homes (1,957), houses (1,747), all (1,528), old (1,393), two (1,328), his (1,291), some (1,239), its (1,205), or (974), this (849), our (825), several (804), that (790), Palestinian (778), any (754), one (742), what (685), structures (632), existing (632), those (541), both (531), illegal (518), most (499), part (490), all the (477), her (471), these (452), historic (438), more (430), vacant (411), settlement (385), my (329), older (329), many (325), the two (299), about (291), public (274), to (270), all of (262), everything (261), Babri (251), the church (245), dilapidated (241), people’s (236), abandoned (235), five (226), thousands (212), mosques (212), parts (212), is (209), the front (209)

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