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tear down
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tear down
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, wreckFor further exploring for "tear down" in Webster Dictionary Online