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Synonyms for tears down

Grammar : Verb
Spell : teer
Phonetic Transcription : tɪər

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Définition of tears down

Origin :
  • 1650s, mainly in American English, from tear (n.1). Related: Teared; tearing. Old English verb tæherian did not survive into Middle English.
  • verb demolish, raze
Example sentences :
  • The horse, affrighted, tears down the road, and makes directly for his home.
  • Extract from : « I've Been Thinking; » by Azel Stevens Roe
  • Streaks of mud marked the runnels of their tears down their cheeks.
  • Extract from : « Birthright » by T.S. Stribling
  • The sweat began to roll from his forehead, and the tears down his cheeks.
  • Extract from : « A Lady of Quality » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Dew, thick over their brown faces, and rolling like tears down their yellow glories.
  • Extract from : « Last Words » by Juliana Horatia Ewing
  • The enemy comes round the land, and tears down the power of Israel, and his palaces are plundered.
  • Extract from : « The History of Antiquity, Vol. III (of VI) » by Max Duncker
  • Fuller, turn the heat beams on with all the power you can get and burn that refuse he tears down into a heap of molten lava!
  • Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
  • Many of the women were sobbing audibly, and Mrs. Hooper had long ago given up the attempt "to pull her tears down the back way."
  • Extract from : « A Modern Idyll » by Frank Harris
  • The blood ran down the poor little creature's arms and legs, and the tears down the man's cheeks.
  • Extract from : « The Unknown Quantity » by Henry van Dyke
  • The dark sky dulls my dreamy mind,The down-dripping rain lingers—O my tears down falling, longing after thee!
  • Extract from : « Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan » by Various
  • But then it bursts out, the voice of Nature, and resounds so harshly, and tears down all barriers.
  • Extract from : « The Human Slaughter-House » by Wilhelm Lamszus
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