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TEARING DOWN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Complete destruction of a building
Synonyms:
demolishing; leveling; razing; tearing down
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("tearing down" is a kind of...):
destruction; devastation (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)