démolition

demolition (the action of demolishing or destroying, in particular of buildings or other structures)

Details

Syllables

dé-mo-li-tion

Phonetics

de.mo.li.sjɔ̃

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

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Freq. (movies)

13789

Freq. (news)

8893

Sentences

Des militants ont œuvré pour la démolition de nombre de barrages, afin que les écoulements d'eau naturels puissent revenir dans les rivières concernées.

Activists lobbied for the removal of a number of dams, so that natural water flows could be restored to the affected rivers.