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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]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 14th century 1. a. to cause to decompose or disintegrate b. vilify, denigrate <trying to tear down his reputation> 2. to take apart ; disassemble <tear down an engine>

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you tear something down, you destroy it or remove it completely. Angry Russians may have torn down the statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky... I imagine they'll be tearing the building down sooner or later. = pull down PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P

Moby Thesaurus

annihilate, asperse, beat down, blow down, break down, bring down, bulldoze, burn down, calumniate, cast down, chop down, cut down, defame, demolish, denigrate, disassemble, dismantle, dismount, fell, flatten, knock down, knock over, level, mow down, prostrate, pull down, rase, raze, ruin, scandal, scandalize, shatter, slander, slur, smash, smear, steamroller, take apart, take down, throw down, unbuild, wrack, wreck