Bring (something) crashing down (around) (one) spoken language verb phrase
To cause something to cash down on the ground. The "around (one)" is not usually used in this usage.
To make room for a new building, they brought that old house crashing down.
Stay away! We're gonna bring this wall crashing down.
To destroy something that can seriously affect one's life.
At the age of 45, being fired bought everything crashing down around me.
When you chose to marry that playboy, you brought your whole life crashing down around you.
To interfere somebosy's plan or bussiness
To disrupt someone's plan.
To put an end to something
1. Fall in a sequence
2. Be damaged, destroyed or defeated quickly and sequentially
If something "goes under the wrecking ball", it is destroyed or demolished.
It's mostly used in the past tense.