The horses began to push upon the zareba and were it not for the long and hard-as-steel thorns of the acacia branches, they would have demolished it.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Rocks are being continually demolished, and out of their ruins new rocks are being built.
"Geology"
James Geikie
Another blossom was demolished.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower