demolish vs tear up

demolish

verb
  • To destroy (of buildings, especially in a planned and intentional fashion). 

  • To defeat, refute, discredit, or consume utterly (as a theory, belief or opponent). 

tear up

verb
  • To damage. 

  • To succeed dramatically in (an area of endeavor) or against. 

  • To wrench out of the ground. 

  • To have intense penetrative sex with. 

  • To brutally assault. 

  • To cancel or annul, or to cause the cancellation or annulment of (e.g. an agreement or contract). 

  • To tear into pieces. 

  • To start shedding tears. 

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