The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word RASED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result RASED
- Brought up to lose ego, being put down
- Unfortunate dears brought low
- Brought down to earth, strange as it may sound
- Built with no one inside and demolished
- Destroyed, Miliband trails Right as …
- Embarrassed about a skirt initially pulled down
- Jacked up without one getting demolished
- Some facades arbitrarily knocked back and demolished
- When filling cherry cut ornamentally
- Wiped out old section of paper as editor
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The straight part
We know that "pulled down" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pulled down = rased.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RASED mean?
RASED verb- To rub along the surface of; to graze
- To rub or scratch out; to erase
- To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze
- To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow