tear down

• Фразовый глагол, означающий сносить или разрушать строение, а также резко критиковать кого-либо или что-либо.

A phrasal verb meaning to demolish or destroy a structure, or to criticize someone or something severely.

uncountable · irregular verb · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. Demolish or destroyformal

   To deliberately destroy a building or structure.

   Сносить

   • The city council decided to tear down the old factory.
   • They are tearing down the abandoned houses to build a park.
   • The workers tore down the wall in one day.

   Synonymsbulldozedemolishdestroydismantleknock downlevelpull downrazewreck

   Antonymsbuildconstructerectraise

2. Criticize harshlyinformal

   To criticize someone or something severely.

   Резко критиковать

   • The critics tore down his latest novel.
   • She tore down her opponent's argument during the debate.
   • Stop tearing down everything I suggest.

   Synonymsbashblastcondemncriticizedenigratedisparageknocklambastepanroastrun downslamtrashvilify

Base verbtear