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Meanings of
tearing down
in English
Catalan
enderrocament
Spanish
derribo
Back to the meaning
Complete destruction of a building.
leveling
demolishing
razing
Catalan
enderrocament
Usage of
tearing down
in English
1
You cannot uproot all of my work without
tearing
down
every building.
2
They did more than that,
tearing
down
psychological barriers in the process.
3
But last night Mr. Ferraud succeeded in
tearing
down
some of it.
4
The sign was suggested as an alternative to
tearing
down
the statue.
5
From that moment Mr. Croker went about the
tearing
down
of Mr.
6
In Weston, hedge-fund managers are
tearing
down
modest homes to build mansions.
7
Directly he came
tearing
down
the street, up to where I stood.
8
No woman ever got it over there even for
tearing
down
buildings.
9
And his talk was always of
tearing
down
,
never of building up.
10
Annabeth and I ran inside,
tearing
down
the hallway to Chiron's apartment.
11
They have risen against your garrison and are
tearing
down
the defences.
12
The doctor came
tearing
down
with a spirited bay, a magnificent stepper.
13
Her political education didn't include
tearing
down
border checkpoints between France and Germany.
14
Its central business is
tearing
down
buildings and bridges and recycling their remains.
15
You couldn't build something new without
tearing
down
what had been there before.
16
The Techies are
tearing
down
barriers in the nation's fastest-growing and highest-paying industry.
Other examples for "tearing down"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
tearing
down
tearing
tear
Verb
Preposition
Translations for
tearing down
Catalan
enderrocament
aterrament
demolició
Spanish
derribo
demolición
derrumbamiento
Tearing down
through the time
Tearing down
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