tear down

/ tɛə /

verb

1. tr, adverb to destroy or demolish

   to tear down an argument

   to tear a wall down

Example Sentences

The following month, Barnett allegedly retaliated against Guimaraes by tearing down pictures of his children in his locker, calling him a “rat” around the station and questioning the validity of Guimaraes’ medical disability.

From Los Angeles Times

Given our environmental crisis, there’s no excuse for the epic waste involved with tearing down and starting over.

From Los Angeles Times

“No one’s tearing down statues of Brigham Young even though, historically, he’s done much worse than Christopher Columbus.”

From Los Angeles Times

These are men who are so angry and threatened by women's equality that they would tear down our democracy rather than share power fairly with half the human race.

From Salon

It made the job perhaps even more painful - tearing down his family’s labours and his children’s future with his own hands.

From BBC