bringing down
Making something fall
Bringing down is causing something to descend, collapse, or be reduced.
You can bring down an aircraft, bring down a government, or bring down prices.
To bring down the house is to elicit thunderous applause.
To bring someone down is to depress them or, in another sense, to cause their downfall: The scandal brought down the mayor.
- demolishingDestroying a structure completely
- topplingCausing to collapse
- dethroningRemoving from power
- deposingRemoving from authority
- removeTake something away
decrease · abolish · lowering · ousting · taking out · razing · dispiriting · reduction · eroding · undermining · undercutting · downfall · destruction · raze · revolution · dismantle · falling apart · house of cards
- destructiondestruction, destroying, demolishing, devastation, ruination
- knocking downtoppling, demolishing, razing, felling, bulldozing
- decliningdeclining, waning, fading, diminishing, decreasing
- outperformingsurpassing, exceeding, excelling, outperforming, outdoing
- restrainingconstraining, restricting, limiting, confining, curbing
bringing downbuilding up
Increasing gradually
establishing · erecting · constructing · propping up · supporting
bringing downcheering up
Growing happier after sadness
uplifting · buoying · elevating · brightening · heartening
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