1 to tear open

2 to tear down

3 to tear apart

4 to open

1 to unload

2 to dismantle

1 to break up (a marriage, family etc)

1 to expose

2 to unmask

3 to see through (a lie etc)

1 to remove stitches (from a wound)

1 rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)

1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient

2 Rob Peter to pay Paul

1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient

2 Rob Peter to pay Paul

1 lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom)

2 fig. to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal