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

For one thing, Sotheby’s will need to tear down five walls in its biggest gallery the night before its inaugural sale on Tuesday just to make enough room for bidders to sit.

From The Wall Street Journal

Beyond the immediate ends to projects, the study said that cuts would have knock-on effects by tearing down institutional capacities "painstakingly built over decades of international cooperation."

From Barron's

Verified videos showing controlled demolitions and excavators tearing down buildings published to social media since the ceasefire have also been geolocated to areas behind the Yellow Line.

From BBC

Brazil’s been criticized by leaders and NGO groups for tearing down the Amazon rainforest for agriculture production.

From The Wall Street Journal