Find the synonym of the underlined word:
The old town hall was demolished and a new recreation centre took its place.

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Razed

answer is B.

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Synonyms are words that give us the foremost exact meaning, shared by other words too.
The act of demolishing something refers to its complete, deliberate destruction, particularly a building that's knocked down in a very bombarding or earthquake.
Renovated in option, A can't be considered as a synonym for ‘demolished’ because it means to revive something, sort of a building, which has already been destroyed.
Razed in option B could be a term that we use to point to the entire destruction of a building, town, or other such settlements. As this sounds quite exact to ‘demolish’, option B becomes the correct answer.
Option C is inaccurate as remodel is the verb that we use to talk about the changes made to a selected structure or a building, thus giving it a brand new outlook.
Option D, on the opposite hand, gives us the word which means to disappear completely and suddenly. Therefore, ‘vanished’ can not be the proper synonym.