verb
Meaning 1
To demolish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- They're going to tear down the old shack when they redevelop the land.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
tear down
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/tɛə(ɹ)ˈdaʊn/
verb
Meaning 2
To open and disassemble (a device or machine) to inspect, showcase, or refurbish its components.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Top Fuel dragsters are sort of like fighter planes in the respect that the frequency with which their engines have to be torn down and rebuilt would be insanely unaffordable in any other context.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To degrade (someone): to discredit or criticize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
Examples
- If all you can offer is to tear down the efforts of all but the most precociously talented students, then maybe you're not cut out to be a primary school art teacher.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To move at high speed along.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
tear down so as to make flat with the ground
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The building was levelled
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: level, raze, rase, dismantle, take down, pull down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: destroy, destruct
Narrower terms: bulldoze
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.