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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" [syn: level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down] [ant: erect, put up, raise, rear, set up]
2: cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet" [syn: down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull down]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 15th century 1. a. demolish, destroy b. to hunt down ; overcome 2. a. to bring to a lower level ; reduce b. to depress in health, strength, or spirits 3. to draw or earn (as wages or salary)

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

To pull down a building or statue means to deliberately destroy it. They'd pulled the registry office down which then left an open space... A small crowd attempted to pull down a statue. = demolish PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron)

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

1. Demolish, subvert, destroy. 2. Degrade, humble, bring down.

Moby Thesaurus

accept, acquire, admit, annihilate, assume, bag, be paid, be remunerated, be salaried, be seized of, bear down, beat down, blow down, blow over, bowl down, bowl over, break down, bring down, bring low, bulldog, bulldoze, burn down, capture, cast down, catch, chop down, come by, come in for, come into, contract, corral, couch, cut down, dash down, debase, decimate, deck, demolish, depress, derive, derive from, detrude, dismantle, down, downbear, drag down, draw, draw from, draw wages, drop, earn, enter into possession, fell, fetch down, flatten, floor, gain, get, get an income, ground, harvest, haul down, have, have coming in, hew down, indent, knock down, knock over, lay level, lay low, lay out, let down, level, lower, make, mow down, net, obtain, precipitate, press down, procure, prostrate, push down, rase, raze, reap, receive, reduce, ruin, sack, score, secure, send headlong, sink, smash, spread-eagle, steamroller, supinate, take, take down, take in, take on, take over, tear down, throw, throw down, thrust down, topple, trip, tumble, whack down, win, work for wages, wreck