pull down Copy link Outline 1. dēmōlior, 4 (to do away with, break down, demolish)2. destruo, xi, ctum, 3 (to take down or to pieces; not violently, but as a builder or constructor may do)3. disjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (violently and with hostile intent)4. ēverto, 3 (also, with hostile intent)5. rĕvello, velli, vulsum, 36. dēpōno, 3 • pull down: (i. e. to demolish): 1. dēmōlior, 4 (to do away with, break down, demolish): to p. down a partition wall, parietem d., Cic. Top. 4, 22: to p. down a house (in order to build another), domum d., id. Off. 1, 39, 138: Liv. 2. destruo, xi, ctum, 3 (to take down or to pieces; not violently, but as a builder or constructor may do): to p. down a building, aedificium d., Cic. Sen. 20, 72 (opp. construere): Suet. Vesp. 9. 3. disjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (violently and with hostile intent): v. to demolish (4) rase. 4. ēverto, 3 (also, with hostile intent): v. to overthrow. 5. rĕvello, velli, vulsum, 3: to p. down a thing from its fastenings, e. g. the gates of a temple, fores templi revellere, Suet. Cal. 6. 6. dēpōno, 3: to p. down a person from some high estate, de ministerio deponere aliquem, Vulg. Is. xxii. 19.