pull sth down
— phrasal verb with pull uk/pʊl/us/pʊl/verb
B2 to destroy a building:
They pulled down the warehouse to build a new supermarket.
More examples
- The old bingo hall has been pulled down.
- Most of the old buildings were pulled down to make room for the new shopping centre.
- Protestors took to the streets and pulled down a statue of the country's former leader.
- The old corn exchange is going to be pulled down.
- My old college was pulled down years ago.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- apocalypse
- be sacrificed on the altar of sth idiom
- blast
- blast/blow sb/sth to kingdom come idiom
- fall in
- kill sth off
- kill the goose that lays the golden egg idiom
- knock
- knock sth down
- sacrifice
- sink
- smash
- stave sth in
- take sb/sth out
- tear 1
- tear sth apart
- tear sth down
- teardown
- wipe
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