tear down
Third Person
tears down
Present Participle
tearing down
Past Tense
tore down
Past Participle
torn down
1
to destroy something completely
transitive
- The decision to tear down the old stadium was met with mixed reactions.
- The hurricane tore down many trees and power lines.
- The decision was made to tear the outdated playground down and build a new one.
- The construction crew tore the old bridge down to build a modern one.
- The city decided to tear the unsafe structure down for safety reasons.
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