to tear open / to tear down / to tear apart / to open
拆
=
扌
+
斥
:
Charlie Chaplin (ch) tries to tear down (拆) the salt marshes (斥) in front of the airplane (ai1) with a toy claw (扌), but it is really tedious to grab every salt crystal and every drop of water individually.
to destroy / to damage / to ruin / to defame / to slander
毁
=
臼
+
工
+
殳
:
Helga Horse (hu) wants to destroy (毁) a left over steel beam (工) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3) and uses a halberd (殳) to pulverize it in a mortar (臼). During this process she does not only destroy the steel beam, but also the halberd.