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Definition of Demolitionists
1. demolitionist [n] - See also: demolitionist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demolitionists
Literary usage of Demolitionists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1903)
"But be this as it may, Lafayette has saved Vincennes; and is marching homewards
with some dozen of arrested demolitionists. Royalty is not yet saved ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1905)
"The demolitionists seem to ignore the fact that the hospital is not the cause of
offence, if any, but rather those are who, time after time, have sold the ..."
3. The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on Okinawa by Joseph H. Alexander (1996)
"... means of reducing a particularly well-fortified Japanese strong- in the waters
near Iwo Jima, and "human bullet" antitank demolitionists at Peleliu. ..."
4. The Urban Condition: space, community, and self in the contemporary metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"... three generations of demolitionists. Their technique is described, not quite
accurately, as implosion: they hollow buildings out and then collapse them ..."
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