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"demolish by" is a correct phrase in written English and can be used in a sentence.
It means to destroy or tear down something using a particular method or tool. Example: "The old building was demolished by a wrecking ball, leaving behind a pile of rubble." In this sentence, "demolished by" indicates that the wrecking ball was the method used to destroy the building.
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Mr Justice Dove told him to demolish by 6 June 2016 or go to jail.
But the looming transition is impossible to forget because every building has been spray-painted with the giant character "chai," or "demolish," by agents of the Chaoyang district government.
Laughter comes loudest when people are startled, when routines and assumptions are uproariously confounded; and the more conservative those routines and assumptions, the easier they are to demolish by surprise.
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- was demolished by Richard Dawkins.
cd? is demolished by 16 Rc16
It expects to have the building demolished by then.
Lange, whose literary reputation was demolished by Lessing's attack.
The study was pretty well demolished by peers.
The bank building is scheduled to be demolished by December.
The court ruled that it must be demolished by June 16th.
In 2013 the mural was demolished by Newport city council.
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