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PULL DOWN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to come or go down
Example:
The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet
Synonyms:
cut down; down; knock down; pull down; push down
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "pull down" is one way to...):
strike (deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pull down"):
submarine (bring down with a blow to the legs)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tear down so as to make flat with the ground
Example:
The building was levelled
Synonyms:
dismantle; level; pull down; rase; raze; take down; tear down
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "pull down" is one way to...):
destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pull down"):
bulldoze (flatten with or as if with a bulldozer)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
