demolition derby

noun

: a contest in which drivers in old cars crash into each other until only one car is still running

Full Definition of DEMOLITION DERBY

: a contest in which skilled drivers ram old cars into one another until only one car remains running

: something that resembles a demolition derby in destructiveness

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circa 1953

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