tearsomethingdown
phrasal verbwithtearverbuk/teər/us/ter/tore|torn
C2
tointentionallydestroyabuildingor otherstructurebecause it is not being used or it is notwantedany more:
They're going toteardown theoldhospitalandbuilda new one.
Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- annihilation
- apocalypse
- bash
- bash through (something)
- be sacrificed on the altar ofsomethingidiom
- fall in
- in piecesidiom
- indestructibility
- killsomethingoff
- kill the goose that lays the golden eggidiom
- sacrifice
- self-destruct
- self-devouring
- shred
- sink
- smash
- stave
- stavesomethingin
- tear