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tear down

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verb

  1. tr, adverb to destroy or demolish

    to tear down an argument

    to tear a wall down

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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We are in an age of gleeful disruption, particularly as we witness Silicon Valley strategies and the tearing down of the federal government.

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I could tear down an entire plate of pasta with no problem.

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After a long period in which Americans fought incredibly hard to enlarge the freedom to move, tearing down barriers of class and race, we’ve spent the last 50 years re-erecting them.

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And he has repeatedly used that framework to justify actions that he says are aimed at tearing down that status quo — even if it means breaching norms or bucking the law.

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As part of their work to remove debris and level lots for rebuilding, the Army Corps tears down everything left standing on a property.

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