demolished

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PM is met on arrival at the car porch of the National Theatre (now demolished, at the foot of Fort Canning Hill).

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  • The strikes left the homes of the men totally demolished, as well as damaging several buildings in the area. —  MUNICH - AND A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING
  • A brownstone town house was demolished, and some residents later said they had been fearful that the crane was unstable. —  Kentucky.com: Homepage
  • To have their homes demolished, their ancient history and heritage cast into forgotten space? —  Palestine Blogs aggregator
  • The special effects were obviously superb, but at the same time I felt it lacked the scale of the original; we never get too see the vast devastation the aliens cause (something like visiting a half-demolished, abandoned city would have been pretty cool). —  VideoGamer.com - All Updates
  • Before it was demolished, the Food Bank center's floors were collapsing, support beams were beginning to crack and the storage warehouse did not have any insulation. —  billingsgazette.com
 

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