| VERB | creation | pull down, level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down | tear down so as to make flat with the ground |
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| contact | pull down, down, knock down, cut down, push down | cause to come or go down |
| Meaning | tear down so as to make flat with the ground. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down | |
| Narrower | bulldoze | flatten with or as if with a bulldozer |
| Broader | destroy, destruct | Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of |
| See also | pull | cause to move by pulling |
| Opposite | raise, erect, rear, set up, put up | Construct, build, or erect |
| Spanish | arrasar, desarticular, desmantelar, igualar | |
| Catalan | arrasar, desarticular, igualar, talar | |
| Meaning | Cause to come or go down. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | down, knock down, cut down, push down | |
| Narrower | submarine | bring down with a blow to the legs |
| Broader | strike | deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon |
| Spanish | derribar, tumbar | |
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