definition
strict definition
destroyed by damage
Damage completely destroys a structure, leaving it demolished rather than partly standing in ruins.
Pictured: Old I-35W/Mississippi River Bridge
A structure is destroyed by damage when an act of nature, war, accident, criminality, terrorism, or error causes it to be completely destroyed, to the point where its status is not in ruins but rather demolished.
The destruction is complete enough for the structure to be demolished. Damage leaving part of it standing in ruins does not meet this endpoint.
Natural events, accidents, war, criminal acts, terrorism, and error are included causes. A deliberate sanctioned demolition is a different event from destruction through these forms of damage.
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Related definitions
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condemnation
A government asserts its authority to take over a property or to demand its closing or demolition. -
controlled implosion
A structure is removed from its site or partly destroyed by a deliberate and sanctioned implosion or explosion. -
demolition approved
Government permission is granted for an actual plan to demolish a structure, rather than unrestricted permission alone. -
demolition begins
The first component is removed as part of a sanctioned process intended to dismantle a built object completely. -
demolition completed
Piece-by-piece demolition of a structure is completed with nothing left standing. -
demolition plans scrapped
A planned demolition is canceled before being carried out, leaving the object in existence. -
demolition proposed
A party with the legal right to do so first announces plans for a structure's destruction. -
demolition resumes
Systematic mechanical demolition starts again after an earlier demolition process was begun and halted. -
destruction halted midway
Any kind of damage or demolition is halted with part of the structure still standing. -
facade re-used on other site
The facade of a demolished structure is moved to a new site and incorporated into another structure. -
facade re-used on same site
A new structure is completed on the same site, retaining the demolished structure's facade. -
replacement initiated
The identity of a structure on a site gives way to that of its replacement structure on the same site.