pull down

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as in to destroy
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of a powerful storm pulled down the old fishing shack, which had been immortalized in countless paintings

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Recent Examples on the Web Many chip stocks pulled down by Nvidia’ s 9.5% decline Tuesday were in the green. Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024 The ornate piece looks like a box, but de Lesseps pulls down the top to reveal a doll-sized secretary’s desk. Amanda Lauren, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 In return, Withers secured an extra paper allocation which enabled British Vogue to survive when other magazines pulled down the shutters. Robin Muir, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2024 But in a lab, everything is pulled down by Earth’s gravity, so everything is held in place by its gravitational attachment to something else. Greg Wehner, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pull down 

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“Pull down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pull%20down. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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