Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tear_down
1 sense of tear down
Sense 1
level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down -- (tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled")
=> destroy, destruct -- (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house")