tear down

Example Sentences

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Chesterton famously warned, it is folly to tear down a fence before discovering why it was built.

From The Wall Street Journal

On top of that is the physical toll the work can extract, especially on the folks involved in setting up and tearing down sets.

From Los Angeles Times

A year after the murders, the school decided to tear down the off-campus house where the four students were killed, calling it a "grim reminder".

From BBC

It's an age-old dilemma: to tear down in the name of modernity, or to preserve in the name of tradition.

From BBC

“I just redid this bathroom because my brother, when they were tearing down the pink house, he got the sinks,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times