Usually means: Dismantle or destroy structure, reputation.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word tear down:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. tear down: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tear down: Merriam-Webster
  3. tear down: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tear down: Vocabulary.com
  5. tear-down: Wordnik
  6. tear-down, tear down: Wiktionary
  7. tear-down, tear down: Dictionary.com
  8. tear down: Rhymezone
  9. tear down: FreeDictionary.org
  10. tear down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. tear-down, tear down: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tear down: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tear down: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tear down: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tear down: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tear-down: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing eTool (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tear down)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To demolish.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To open and disassemble (a device or machine) to inspect, showcase, or refurbish its components.
▸ verb:  (transitive, figurative) To degrade (someone): to discredit or criticize.
▸ verb:  To move at high speed along.

Similar:
raze, take down, pull down, rase, dismantle, level, tear, tear apart, teardown, break down, more...

Opposite:
construct, build, erect, raise, assemble

Phrases:
to tear down, tear it down, Tear down this wall!, Tear Down These Walls, tear me down, more...

Adjectives:
ripping, utter, broken, tearing, totaled, split, cut down, riven, tore up, lacerate, cramp

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Similar:
raze, take down, pull down, rase, dismantle, level, tear, tear apart, teardown, break down, more...

Opposite:
construct, build, erect, raise, assemble

Phrases:
to tear down, tear it down, Tear down this wall!, Tear Down These Walls, tear me down, to tear down and build anew, tear something down, opposite of tear down, more...

Adjectives:
ripping, utter, broken, tearing, totaled, split, cut down, riven, tore up, lacerate, cramp



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