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Meanings of
tear down
in English
Portuguese
raspar
Catalan
arrasar
Spanish
arrasar
Back to the meaning
Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
level
dismantle
raze
rase
take down
pull down
raise
Portuguese
raspar
Usage of
tear down
in English
1
Let's
tear
down
trade barriers in places like Europe and the Pacific.
2
He wanted to
tear
down
institutions and people for fun and profit.
3
Any reading of the UN report should
tear
down
this convenient myth.
4
Wants to know if I really intend to
tear
down
the shops.
5
He knew they would doubt his threat to
tear
down
the buildings.
6
SHRED wants to
tear
down
the buildings and build a shopping center.
7
Were any of us strong enough to
tear
down
the barbed wire?
8
A short time after a mob assembled to
tear
down
her house.
9
But, Peg, if we beat Herne to-day they'll
tear
down
the bleachers.
10
Do you think we ought to
tear
down
the shack for lumber?
11
Terry was hired to
tear
down
the remains of the Stag's Head.
12
They
tear
down
churches just as fast as they come to 'em.
13
The soldiers would
tear
down
the beehives and break up the smoke houses.
14
Once he had planned to build up; now he plotted to
tear
down
.
15
The wall soon proved easier to
tear
down
than it was to rebuild.
16
LUCIFER, with the Powers of the Air, trying to
tear
down
the Cross.
Other examples for "tear down"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
tear
down
tear
Verb
Preposition
Translations for
tear down
Portuguese
raspar
arrasar
demolir
Catalan
arrasar
Spanish
arrasar
Tear down
through the time
Tear down
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common