tear down

British  

/ tɛə /

verb

1. (tr, adverb) to destroy or demolish

   to tear a wall down

   to tear down an argument

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tear down Idioms  

1. Demolish, take apart, as in They tore down the old tenements , or He loved to tear down old engines . [Early 1600s]

2. Vilify or discredit, as in He's always tearing down someone or other . [First half of 1900s]

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Example Sentences

"We want traffic slowing down a bit – there's a school there and there's a care home here on the left, and the traffic comes tearing down here".

From BBC

But simply tearing down a statue or tearing down an empty building doesn’t change this underlying system.

From Salon

They’d tear down the roof of the Neely house and pound at the beam until it splintered in over the hearth.

From Literature

"Butcher's Stain" tells the story of an Arab-Israeli working in a Tel Aviv supermarket who is accused of tearing down hostage posters after the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel.

From Barron's

Pacha, which will operate the club complex, has said it would tear down the recently built Mirage and be ready to go with a new one by June.

From The Wall Street Journal