tear down

• Verbe à particule signifiant démolir ou détruire une construction, ainsi que critiquer sévèrement quelqu'un ou quelque chose.

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

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Demolish or destroyformal

   To deliberately destroy a building or structure.

   Démolir ou détruire

   • 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.

   Synonymesbulldozedemolishdestroydismantleknock downlevelpull downrazewreck

   Antonymesbuildconstructerectraise

2. Criticize harshlyinformal

   To criticize someone or something severely.

   critiquer violemment

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

   Synonymesbashblastcondemncriticizedenigratedisparageknocklambastepanroastrun downslamtrashvilify

Verbe de basetear