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Useful change phrases for map descriptions:

Replaced                         

took the place of

were knocked down to make way

for                   

when a building or wall is

deliberately destroyed to create

space for something else

were pulled down 

building or wall was destroyed

especially because it was very old

or dangerous

were demolished to create 

when a building or wall is

deliberately destroyed to create

space for something else

was turned into 

were transformed or changed into

something else

were chopped down 

the action of cutting trees until

they fall

to increase the size of  

generic term for: to make bigger

or wider

to reduce the size of  

generic term for: to make smaller

or narrower