demolition derbynoun [ C ]
uk/dem.əˈlɪʃ.ən ˌdɑː.bi/us/dem.əˈlɪʃ.ən ˌdɝː.bi/a car race in which the drivers drive their cars into other cars intentionally, with the winner being the last car still able to move
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- About 1.8 billion people have watched demolition derbies in the last 25 years.
- In a demolition derby, the cars don’t try to be the fastest.
- The first demolition derby was in 1958.