tear down
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tear down (third-person singular simple present tears down, present participle tearing down, simple past tore down, past participle torn down)
- (transitive) To demolish
- 1987 June 12, Ronald Reagan, Berlin Wall Speech[1]:
- General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
- 2022 November 30, Nick Brodrick, “Pride and innovation shine at St Pancras”, in RAIL, number 971, page 69:
- It's a world away from the dank and uninviting St Pancras that British Rail wanted to tear down in the 1960s.
- (transitive, figurative) To degrade (someone), to discredit or criticize