destroy vs tear up

destroy

verb
  • To damage beyond use or repair. 

  • To sing a song poorly. 

  • To put down or euthanize. 

  • To remove data. 

  • To exhaust duly and thus recreate or build up. 

  • To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way. 

  • To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin. 

  • To defeat soundly. 

  • To neutralize, undo a property or condition. 

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 destroy and tear up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )