sentences:  Unlike civilian demolition, military house demolition is also often intended to destroy property "within" a building, such as food or personal effects, either to deny its use to an enemy or to impoverish the civilian occupants.House demolitions thus often takes place without the occupant's possessions first being removed and with minimal preparations beforehand.In many conflicts, demolition frequently is carried out by using fire—often set with the aid of accelerants—as a simple but very effective means of quickly rendering a property uninhabitable.