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third-person singular simple present tears down, present participle tearing down, simple past tore down, past participle torn down
(transitive) To demolish quotations examples
General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
1987 June 12, Ronald Reagan, Berlin Wall Speech
It's a world away from the dank and uninviting St Pancras that British Rail wanted to tear down in the 1960s.
2022 November 30, Nick Brodrick, “Pride and innovation shine at St Pancras”, in RAIL, number 971, page 69
(transitive, figurative) To degrade (someone), to discredit or criticize examples