tear down

Example Sentences

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Last Saturday, two people were arrested at a protest outside the embassy where a protester also climbed onto the building's balcony and appeared to tear down the Iranian flag.

From BBC

Footage on Saturday showed a man standing on the London embassy's balcony and tearing down the Iranian flag.

From BBC

Grimes’ team added a front porch to the house’s facade, also tearing down interior walls to allow director of photography Seamus McGarvey to easily film inside.

From Los Angeles Times

In a perfect world, we’d tear down the maze we’ve added to for a century and replace it with a central clearinghouse for short-term government support, able to interact efficiently with states.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From The Wall Street Journal