"tear down" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tears down",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tearing down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tore down",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torn down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tear<,,tore,torn> down"
      },
      "expansion": "tear down (third-person singular simple present tears down, present participle tearing down, simple past tore down, past participle torn down)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1987 June 12, Ronald Reagan, Berlin Wall Speech",
          "text": "General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 30, Nick Brodrick, “Pride and innovation shine at St Pancras”, in RAIL, number 971, page 69",
          "text": "It's a world away from the dank and uninviting St Pancras that British Rail wanted to tear down in the 1960s.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To demolish"
      ],
      "id": "en-tear_down-en-verb-46kj3uR4",
      "links": [
        [
          "demolish",
          "demolish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To demolish"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"down\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To degrade (someone), to discredit or criticize"
      ],
      "id": "en-tear_down-en-verb-3iRK5PK8",
      "links": [
        [
          "degrade",
          "degrade"
        ],
        [
          "discredit",
          "discredit"
        ],
        [
          "criticize",
          "criticize"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figurative) To degrade (someone), to discredit or criticize"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɛə(ɹ)ˈdaʊn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tear down"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"down\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tears down",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tearing down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tore down",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torn down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tear<,,tore,torn> down"
      },
      "expansion": "tear down (third-person singular simple present tears down, present participle tearing down, simple past tore down, past participle torn down)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1987 June 12, Ronald Reagan, Berlin Wall Speech",
          "text": "General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 30, Nick Brodrick, “Pride and innovation shine at St Pancras”, in RAIL, number 971, page 69",
          "text": "It's a world away from the dank and uninviting St Pancras that British Rail wanted to tear down in the 1960s.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To demolish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "demolish",
          "demolish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To demolish"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To degrade (someone), to discredit or criticize"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "degrade",
          "degrade"
        ],
        [
          "discredit",
          "discredit"
        ],
        [
          "criticize",
          "criticize"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figurative) To degrade (someone), to discredit or criticize"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɛə(ɹ)ˈdaʊn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tear down"
}