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tearing down

adjective as in wrecking

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Clare has acknowledged that some service providers may face difficult budget decisions but said that any assertion the policy is "somehow tearing down international education is absolutely and fundamentally wrong".

From BBC

Maccabi fans were themselves involved in vandalism, tearing down a Palestinian flag, attacking a taxi and chanting anti-Arab slogans, according to city authorities.

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The following month, Barnett allegedly retaliated against Guimaraes by tearing down pictures of his children in his locker, calling him a “rat” around the station and questioning the validity of Guimaraes’ medical disability.

Given our environmental crisis, there’s no excuse for the epic waste involved with tearing down and starting over.

“No one’s tearing down statues of Brigham Young even though, historically, he’s done much worse than Christopher Columbus.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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