Definition

1. Verb:
   • To pull down (a building): To deliberately cause a structure, especially a building, to collapse.
   • To demolish: To completely destroy or knock down a structure.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chính quyền đã quyết định phá sập tòa nhà cũ kỹ đó. (The authorities decided to demolish that old building.)
  • Họ dùng chất nổ để phá sập khách sạn. (They used explosives to pull down the hotel.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in news reports or official contexts regarding the destruction of unsafe, illegal, or condemned structures.
• It implies a forceful, intentional, and complete collapse, not a partial dismantling.

Variants and Related Words

• Phá hủy (v): To destroy. This is a more general term for destruction.
• Đánh sập (v): To knock down, to cause to collapse. Very similar in meaning to "phá sập."

Synonyms

• Demolish
• Raze
• Pull down
• Knock down

Related Idioms

• While "phá sập" itself is not typically part of idioms, the result can be described with phrases like:
  • Đổ sập: to collapse (often from an external force or structural failure).

    • Ngôi nhà đổ sập sau trận động đất. (The house collapsed after the earthquake.)

1. Pull down (a builing) ; demolish