tear down (v.)

• annihilate
• asperse
• bulldoze
• calumniate
• defame
• demolish
• denigrate
• disassemble
• dismantle
• dismount
• fell
• flatten
• level
• prostrate
• rase
• raze
• ruin
• scandalize
• shatter
• slander
• slur
• smash
• smear
• steamroller
• wrack
• wreck