def drop_database(self, name_or_database):
        """Drop a database.

        Raises :class:`TypeError` if `name_or_database` is not an instance of
        :class:`basestring` (:class:`str` in python 3) or
        :class:`~pymongo.database.Database`.

        :Parameters:
          - `name_or_database`: the name of a database to drop, or a
            :class:`~pymongo.database.Database` instance representing the
            database to drop

        .. note:: The :attr:`~pymongo.mongo_client.MongoClient.write_concern` of
           this client is automatically applied to this operation when using
           MongoDB >= 3.4.

        .. versionchanged:: 3.4
           Apply this client's write concern automatically to this operation
           when connected to MongoDB >= 3.4.

        """
        name = name_or_database
        if isinstance(name, database.Database):
            name = name.name

        if not isinstance(name, string_type):
            raise TypeError("name_or_database must be an instance "
                            "of %s or a Database" % (string_type.__name__,))

        self._purge_index(name)
        with self._socket_for_reads(
                ReadPreference.PRIMARY) as (sock_info, slave_ok):
            self[name]._command(
                sock_info,
                "dropDatabase",
                slave_ok=slave_ok,
                read_preference=ReadPreference.PRIMARY,
                write_concern=self.write_concern,
                parse_write_concern_error=True)
Drop a database.

        Raises :class:`TypeError` if `name_or_database` is not an instance of
        :class:`basestring` (:class:`str` in python 3) or
        :class:`~pymongo.database.Database`.

        :Parameters:
          - `name_or_database`: the name of a database to drop, or a
            :class:`~pymongo.database.Database` instance representing the
            database to drop

        .. note:: The :attr:`~pymongo.mongo_client.MongoClient.write_concern` of
           this client is automatically applied to this operation when using
           MongoDB >= 3.4.

        .. versionchanged:: 3.4
           Apply this client's write concern automatically to this operation
           when connected to MongoDB >= 3.4.