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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tearing down

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables
tear-ing -down
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of tear down

Synonyms

razing leveling demolishing

Questions

What does tearing down mean?
present participle and gerund of tear down

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