to destroy a building
101pull — 1 /pUl/ verb 1 MOVE STH TOWARDS YOU (I, T) to use your hands to make something move towards you or in the direction that you are moving: Help me move the piano; you push and I ll pull. | pull sth: I pulled the handle and it just snapped off! |… …
102burn down — phrasal verb Word forms burn down : present tense I/you/we/they burn down he/she/it burns down present participle burning down past tense burned down or burnt down past participle burned down or burnt down 1) [intransitive/transitive] to destroy… …
103knock down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms knock down : present tense I/you/we/they knock down he/she/it knocks down present participle knocking down past tense knocked down past participle knocked down 1) knock down or knock over British to hit… …
104pull down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pull down : present tense I/you/we/they pull down he/she/it pulls down present participle pulling down past tense pulled down past participle pulled down 1) to destroy a building, especially because it is very …
105raze — UK [reɪz] / US verb [transitive] Word forms raze : present tense I/you/we/they raze he/she/it razes present participle razing past tense razed past participle razed to completely destroy a building or town The troops attacked his village and… …
106ˌknock sth ˈdown — phrasal verb to destroy a building or wall …
107ˌpull sth ˈdown — phrasal verb to destroy a building that is old or dangerous Syn: demolish …
108raze — [reɪz] verb [T] to completely destroy a building or town …
109torch — /tɔtʃ / (say tawch) noun 1. a small portable electric lamp powered by dry batteries. 2. a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other… …
110extraordinary repairs — Within the meaning of a lease, such repairs as are made necessary by some unusual or unforeseen occurrence which does not destroy the building but merely renders it less suited to the use for which it was intended. Courtney v. Ocean Accident &… …
