tear down
Reduce to rubble
To tear down is to demolish or dismantle something built up—a structure, an argument, a reputation.
Buildings are torn down with wrecking balls; people are torn down with criticism.
They're tearing down the old warehouse.
The prosecutor tore down the witness's credibility.
A teardown is a building bought only for its land, slated for demolition.
Demolish using heavy equipment
- razeDestroy completely
- wreckDestroyed vessel or vehicle
- dismantleSeparate into parts
- levelHorizontal or uniform position
deconstruct · clear · topple · implode · gut · flatten · destroy · obliterate
Aggressive act against another
- slamForceful impact or closure
- bashForceful striking blow
- lambasteScold with ferocity
- rip apartForcibly tear to pieces
pick apart · discredit · belittle · denigrate · disparage · condemn · denounce · censure
Expose as false
- disproveProve something untrue
- counterFlat service surface
- rebutDisprove by argument
- challengeTest of ability
contradict · discredit · expose · invalidate · undermine · pick apart · fact-check · deconstruct
Take something away
dismantle · take apart · disconnect · decommission · salvage · reclaim · repurpose · components
bulldoze
Demolish using heavy equipment
level · deconstruct · clear · topple · implode · gut · flatten · destroy · obliterate · rubble
attack
Aggressive act against another
rip apart · pick apart · discredit · belittle · denigrate · disparage · condemn · denounce · censure · pan
debunk
Expose as false
challenge · contradict · discredit · expose · invalidate · undermine · pick apart · fact-check · deconstruct · unravel
remove
Take something away
unscrew · dismantle · take apart · disconnect · decommission · salvage · reclaim · repurpose · components · reassemble
- disparagementdefame, denigrate, disparage, malign, slander
- bring downtopple, fell, overthrow, dethrone, oust
- degradebelittle, demean, humiliate, degrade, debase
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
- judgmentsjudgment call, judge, moral judgment, criticize, value judgment
- unfasteningunfasten, detach, disconnect, unbuckle, unbutton