Damage and Tear down

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Damage verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.

Usage example: the explosion in the sewers damaged the entire city's water supply

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Tear down and damage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tear down" instead a verb "Damage".

Nearby Words: damaged, damaging, damageable

Tear down verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.

Usage example: vandals tore down the wooden fence blocking the entrance to the beach

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Damage and tear down are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Damage" instead a verb "Tear down".

Couple it with massive-damage abilities like Mark of the Rift or the aforementioned Thousand Cuts (or both), and it can tear down dragons in mere seconds.

Source: Game Breaker / Dragon Age
The Claw of Jormag fight typically has six stages where it is impossible to directly damage the boss, forcing the players to instead deal with hordes of adds, protect friendly NPCs, and tear down ice structures.

Source: Marathon Boss
They're seen throwing dishes and tear down the restaurant, shoving items off shelves at the Toy Store, and seen reading and not paying at the book store, which has no damage seen on the inside whatsoever.

Source: Anime / Kirby: Right Back at Ya! aka: Kirby Of The Stars

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