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tear down

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  • verb transitive To demolish

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  • verb tear down so as to make flat with the ground

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synonyms (43)

Words with the same meaning

  1. annihilate
  2. asperse
  3. beat down
  4. blow down
  5. break down
  6. bring down
  7. bulldoze
  8. burn down
  9. calumniate
  10. cast down
  11. chop down
  12. cut down
  13. defame
  14. demolish
  15. denigrate
  16. disassemble
  17. dismantle
  18. dismount
  19. fell
  20. flatten
  21. knock down
  22. knock over
  23. level
  24. mow down
  25. prostrate
  26. pull down
  27. rase
  28. raze
  29. ruin
  30. scandal
  31. scandalize
  32. shatter
  33. slander
  34. slur
  35. smash
  36. smear
  37. steamroller
  38. take apart
  39. take down
  40. throw down
  41. unbuild
  42. wrack
  43. wreck

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. destroy
  2. destruct

hyponyms (1)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. bulldoze

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  • alexz commented on the word tear down

    n. , it's a building which you will be tearing down to put in a newer building.

    November 28, 2013