Whether your preferred variety of exceptionalism is religious, ethnic, or species-based, the Martians are here to tear it down.

NEWYORKER: The Cosmic Menagerie

But here's an idea: Tear up those contracts, negotiated when global competition didn't much matter, and start over.

FORBES: Magazine Article

' I told the guys, 'After this song we're just going to tear down our stuff and get out of here'.

BBC: Funeral Party

Mr. MICHAEL LASKOWSKI (Rancher): One wouldn't get into a trailer and the other one, we brought her down here and she took a stall door off, and we figured she'd probably tear up the fairgrounds pretty well if we didn't take her back.

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