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tear down
Overview of verb tear-down
The verb tear down has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (5) level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down -- (tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled")
Antonyms of verb tear-down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tear-down
1 sense of tear down
Sense 1
level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down
=> destroy, destruct
=> unmake, undo
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb tear-down
1 sense of tear down
Sense 1
level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down
=> bulldoze
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tear-down
1 sense of tear down
Sense 1
level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down
=> destroy, destruct
'Cause To' of verb tear-down
Derived Forms of verb tear-down
Domain of verb tear-down
Domain Terms of verb tear-down
Familiarity of verb tear-down
tear down used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb tear-down
1 sense of tear down
Sense 1
level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb tear-down
1 sense of tear down
Sense 1
level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down
> destroy, destruct
=> kill
=> eliminate, get rid of, do away with
=> self-destruct, self-destroy
=> destruct
=> end
=> fracture
=> wipe out, sweep away
=> interdict
=> demolish, pulverize, pulverise
=> disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart
=> level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down
=> uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate
=> dilapidate
=> demyelinate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb tear-down
Sense 1
level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down
=> destroy, destruct
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