Flatten
Tear down
Tear down verb - To destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces.
Usage example: the new owners apparently bought the house just to tear it down and build a lavish mansion in its place
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- crush and flatten
- crush and tear down
- knock over and flatten
- knock over and tear down
- pulverize and flatten
- pulverize and tear down
- annihilate and flatten
- annihilate and tear down
- smash and flatten
- smash and tear down
- demolish and flatten
- demolish and tear down
- bulldoze and flatten
- bulldoze and tear down
Both terms in one sentence
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Not much better in the Classic version of City Escape where it is willing to tear down the city just to flatten a small blue mammal!
Source: Video Game / Sonic Generations
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