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- noun Plural form of
demolition .
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Examples
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Teaching and training engineering corps soldiers and other Special Units in demolitions and EOD.
sometimes i wonder 2008
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Teaching and training engineering corps soldiers and other Special Units in demolitions and EOD.
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The first one was the 'fact' that Caterpillar make the bulldozers 'used in demolitions by the Israeli army' and that thus any company who used their products was unethical.
Some Stuff Ralph 2007
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Zimbabwe's main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), which says the demolitions are a deliberate attack on its supporters, says the government is broke and cannot afford to build new houses.
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Among the worst affected by the demolitions are the sick, the elderly, women and children, according to ActionAid, an international development agency that surveyed 23,511 people in six affected urban areas in Zimbabwe.
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The Zimbabwean opposition says up to 1.5 million Zimbabweans have lost their homes and has called the demolitions a campaign of repression.
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Al-Araqib village peace activists called the demolitions an "act of war, such as is undertaken against an enemy," saying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Bedouins a threat, "giv (ing) legitimacy to the (ir) expulsion .... to Judaize it."
SteveLendmanBlog 2010
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The demolitions are the result of a dispute between the Bedouin and the Israeli government over rights to specific lands in the Negev, approximately 8,500 acres where 30,000 Bedouin live.
J. Weekly 2010
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Jones said the demolitions are a result of the city's statutory power to protect public health and safety.
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The demolitions were the first since October, and drew international criticism, including from the U.S.
WBAY Action 2 News 2010
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