What does tearing down mean?

tearing down means "complete destruction of a building".

What is another word for tearing down?

Close synonyms include razing, leveling, demolishing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tearing down a common word?

tearing down is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

tearing down — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
complete destruction of a building
Synonymsrazing leveling demolishing
Broaderdestruction

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What does tearing down mean?: tearing down means "complete destruction of a building".
What is another word for tearing down?: Close synonyms include razing, leveling, demolishing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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