abandoned home

collocation in English

meaningsofabandonedandhome

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abandoned
adjective
uk
/əˈbæn.dənd/us
/əˈbæn.dənd/
left in a particular place or condition, ...
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home
noun
uk
/həʊm/us
/hoʊm/
the house, apartment, etc. where you live, especially with ...
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(Definition ofabandonedandhomefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They drive up to a hugeabandonedhome, break in, and quickly make themselves at home.
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He is provided the use of anabandonedhome, adjacent to the town cemetery.
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They find anabandonedhomewhere there is soup on the table.
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He falls asleep in anabandonedhomebut is awakened by the sound of horses and instinctively flies out of the home, only to be quickly tackled by two soldiers.
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This sophisticated program joins aggressive foreclosure-prevention strategies with targeted demolition of obsolete houses and full rehab of good-quality abandoned homes.
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The abandoned homes were ultimately burned or levelled by bulldozers.
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The town is also full of many abandoned homes and barns.
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The population collapse has resulted in large numbers of abandoned homes and commercial buildings, and areas of the city hit hard by urban decay.
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After brief dispersal, the mob returned to the area and found abandoned homes, which they proceeded to enter and deface.
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Looters took advantage of the floods by ransacking abandoned homes using boats.
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In 1973 the cement walls of the mill could be seen as well as abandoned homes.
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The abandoned homes were resettled with new immigrants.
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This was part of an effort to preserve and maintain the community, which included mowing lawns and cleaning up areas around abandoned homes.
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Their parents split while the brothers were still young, and the brothers would seek shelter in abandoned homes some nights.
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Although many of these fajs have been abandoned, the settlements which include abandoned homes, mills and fountains continue to be iconic outposts on hiking trails.
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Abandoned homes that previously inhabited the property were demolished.
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In the 1980s a number of residents noted that they had turned to arson of abandoned homes to keep drug dealers from using the empty buildings.
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It consisted of abandoned homes.
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