tear down
[verb]
Synonyms: destroy, annihilate, demolish, destruct, raze, ruin, shatter, unbuild, wrack, wreck, malign, asperse, calumniate, defame, denigrate, scandal, scandalize, slander, slur, smear

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Antonyms: build up

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tear something ↔ down phrasal verb (see also tear)
to destroy a building deliberately:
A lot of the old tower blocks have been torn down to make way for new housing.

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tear down
tear down (someone/something)
to damage or reduce the importance of someone or something.
In the end, she glamorizes the very concept she is trying to tear down.

Many blame the media for tearing heroes down by publicizing their mistakes.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of tear down (= to cause a structure to fall)

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

tear down something
tear down (someone/something)
to damage or reduce the importance of someone or something.
In the end, she glamorizes the very concept she is trying to tear down.

Many blame the media for tearing heroes down by publicizing their mistakes.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of tear down (= to cause a structure to fall)

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tear down
1. • tear down (someone)
to say bad things about someone, to criticize someone
The audience tore down the speaker after he finished his lecture.

2. • tear down (something)
to take something down, to destroy something
The city decided to tear down the building because it was unsafe.

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tear down something
• tear down (something)
to take something down, to destroy something
The city decided to tear down the building because it was unsafe.

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tear down
v.
1. To take all down in pieces; destroy.
The workmen tore down the old house and built a new house in its place.
2. To take to pieces or parts.
The mechanics had to tear down the engine, and fix it, and put it together again.
3. To say bad things about; criticize.
"Why do you always tear people down? Why don't you try to say nice things about them?"
Dorothy doesn't like Sandra, and at the class meeting she tore down every idea Sandra suggested.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

tear down someone
tear down (someone/something)
to damage or reduce the importance of someone or something.
In the end, she glamorizes the very concept she is trying to tear down.

Many blame the media for tearing heroes down by publicizing their mistakes.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of tear down (= to cause a structure to fall)

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

tear down someone
• tear down (someone)
to say bad things about someone, to criticize someone
The audience tore down the speaker after he finished his lecture.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲