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Associations of "Tear down" (30 Words)

abyss	A bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively. A rope led down into the dark abyss.
curtail	Place restrictions on. Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries.
debase	Corrupt debase or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones. The King was forced to debase the coinage.
declension	The inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages. The first declension in Latin.
decline	Show unwillingness towards. The roof declines here.
declivity	A downward slope or bend. A thickly wooded declivity.
decrease	The amount by which something decreases. There was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided.
demoralize	Confuse or put into disorder. The boss s behavior demoralized everyone in the office.
depletion	The state of being depleted. The depletion of the ozone layer.
depress	Reduce the level or strength of activity in (something, especially an economic or biological system. The rising inflation depressed the economy.
descend	(of a feeling) develop suddenly and affect a place or person. The vehicle descended a ramp.
descending	Moving or sloping downwards. The categories are listed in descending order of usefulness.
descent	The act of changing your location in a downward direction. A descent on the Channel ports.
diminution	The shortening of the time values of notes in a melodic part. A permanent diminution in value.
downgrade	An instance of reducing someone or something’s rank, status, or level of importance. Some jobs had gradually been downgraded from skilled to semi skilled.
downturn	A decline in economic, business, or other activity. The market took a downturn.
downward	Moving or leading towards a lower place or level. New rules on sick leave affect employees of all grades from managers downwards.
drop	Let or cause to fall in drops. He dropped a goal to beat England in the final minute.
fall	Fall to somebody by assignment or lot. The fall of the government.
falling	Decreasing in amount or degree. Falling attendance figures.
low	Of a vowel pronounced with the tongue held low in the mouth open. Brought low.
lower	In or into a lower position. Managers lower down the hierarchy.
reduction	A thing that is made smaller or less in size or amount. The reaction is limited to reduction to the hydrocarbon.
retrench	Reduce (something) in extent or quantity. If people are forced to retrench their expenditure trade will suffer.
rundown	A concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court. He gave his teammates a rundown on the opposition.
shrinkage	Process or result of becoming less or smaller. Shrinkage is the retail trade s euphemism for shoplifting.
sink	Cause a ship to sink. This pledge could sink the government.
submergence	The action of completely covering or obscuring something. Total submergence of plants results in heavy crop losses.
substrate	An indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population. The Celtic languages of Britain are a substrate for English.
under	Under water. An under secretary.