1. Destroy or completely remove a building or structure
   "When a force occupies an enemy fortress, it may pull down the fortifications";
   - level, raze, rase [archaic], dismantle, tear down, take down, flatten, demolish, knock down
    
2. Cause to come or go down
   "The policeman pulled down the heavily armed suspect";
   - down [informal], knock down, cut down, push down

Derived forms: pulls down, pulling down, pulled down

See also: bust [informal]

Type of: destroy, destruct, spifflicate [Brit, informal], spiflicate [Brit, informal], strike, uncreate [literary]

Encyclopedia: Pull down