Synonyms for tearing down
tear·ing down

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1. razing, leveling, tearing down, demolishingnoun

   complete destruction of a building

   Synonyms:
   equalisation, demolishing, grading, equalization, wrecking, leveling, razing

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1. • Destruction

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1. Gus Deeds:

   I was impressed by their thoughtfulness, because a lot of these young people had seen bullying. They had seen depression. They had seen classmates that had died by suicide, it's part of tearing down the stigma and providing some equality with those that struggle with mental health.

2. Erin Loos Cutraro:

   It really flies in the face of conventional wisdom in politics, which is : be scripted, get it right, go back to the same few talking points, now we have a generation who -- not all, but some -- are tearing down those walls and saying,' This is what it looks like to run for office,' and I think that that overall authenticity and transparency only stands to benefit politics.

3. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake:

   (The city is being) destroyed by thugs who in a very senseless way are trying to tear down what so many have fought for, tearing down businesses, tearing down or destroying property, things that we know will impact our community for years.

4. Maryland Jonathan Lenzner:

   We are tearing down the borders that carjackers use to conceal their trails of violence.

5. Erika Sanzi:

   Principals comparing their responsibility as educators in the United States in 2021 to tearing down the Berlin Wall is a red flag, it shows that they subscribe to an ideology that is ahistorical and far afield from their obligations as educators of other peoples’ children. While they cheer the collapse of an authoritarian regime in 1989, their version of ‘good trouble’ seems pretty authoritarian.