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skyscraper

DEFINITIONS OF: skyscraper

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n a very tall building with many stories

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Empire State Building
a skyscraper built in New York City in 1931; 1250 feet tall
Petronas Towers
twin skyscrapers built in Kuala Lumpur in 1997; 1482 feet high
Sears Tower
a skyscraper built in Chicago in 1974; 1454 feet tall
World Trade Center
twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City; built 1368 feet tall in 1970 to 1973; destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001
Type of:
building, edifice
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
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