Noun tearing down has 1 sense
- razing, leveling, tearing down, demolishing - complete destruction of a building
--1 is a kind of destruction, devastation
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Verb tear down has 1 sense
- level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down - tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"
--1 is one way to destroy, destruct
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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