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English verb: tear down

1. tear down (creation) tear down so as to make flat with the ground


SamplesThe building was levelled.


Synonymsdismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something.
Something ----s something


Broader (hypernym)destroy, destruct


Narrower (hyponym)bulldoze


Antonymserect, put up, set up, rear, raise









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