malign vs tear down

malign

verb
  • To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce. 

adj
  • Evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence. 

  • Malevolent. 

  • Malignant. 

tear down

verb
  • To degrade (someone), to discredit or criticize 

  • To demolish 

How often have the words malign and tear down occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )