Synonyms of tear down

tear down

verb

1

as in to destroy

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

vandals tore down the wooden fence blocking the entrance to the beach

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroy
• ruin
• demolish
• shatter
• wreck
• devastate
• smash
• overcome
• pull down
• damage
• waste
• rub out
• desolate
• cream
• total
• mar
• erode
• extinguish
• vaporize
• annihilate
• pulverize
• decimate
• do in
• ravage
• raze
• defeat
• win (against)
• cripple
• triumph (over)
• kill
• break
• prevail (over)
• crush
• blast
• best
• remove
• nuke
• dismantle
• sweep (away)
• wear (away)
• cut down
• wrack
• take down
• blow up
• subdue
• wash out
• injure
• wipe out
• lick
• master
• harm
• spoil
• trim
• deteriorate
• conquer
• impair
• disintegrate
• surmount
• scotch
• blot out
• rout
• dissolve
• whip
• kill off
• stamp (out)
• dynamite
• thrash
• mow (down)
• eradicate
• mutilate
• sack
• beat
• slaughter
• disfigure
• snuff (out)
• havoc
• vitiate
• mangle
• fell
• undo
• overmatch
• scour
• take out
• assassinate
• root (out)
• gut
• clobber
• overbear
• disassemble
• deface
• obliterate
• massacre
• plunder
• murder
• exterminate
• loot
• trounce
• expunge
• unmake
• liquidate
• skunk
• slay
• drub
• execute
• extirpate
• wallop
• efface
• trample
• butcher
• trash
• dispatch
• dilapidate
• despoil
• pillage
• zap
• unbuild
• vandalize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• set up
• build
• put up
• construct
• raise
• patch
• repair
• erect
• create
• rear
• fix
• bring about
• produce
• form
• make
• found
• shape
• mend
• manufacture
• invent
• establish
• assemble
• fashion
• protect
• forge
• organize
• mold
• frame
• constitute
• save
• preserve
• revamp
• fabricate
• institute
• doctor
• recondition
• conserve
• restore
• rebuild
• reconstruct
• father
• remodel
• renovate

2

as in to demolish

to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces

the new owners apparently bought the house just to tear it down and build a lavish mansion in its place

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demolish
• pull down
• raze
• level
• wipe out
• unbuild
• destroy
• blow up
• dynamite
• overturn
• eradicate
• finish
• ruin
• waste
• wreck
• obliterate
• abolish
• total
• crack up
• ravage
• decimate
• smash
• flatten
• extirpate
• annihilate
• pulverize
• dissolve
• unmake
• scourge
• devour
• devastate
• do in
• crush
• dash

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• build
• put up
• construct
• raise
• erect
• restore
• rebuild
• renew
• form
• create
• make
• shape
• manufacture
• renovate
• fashion
• forge
• fabricate

Examples of tear down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

From older favorites like Terms of Endearment to recent Oscar winners like Manchester by the Sea, these titles are ready to tear down your emotional defenses. —EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024

Soldier Field would be torn down, but its collonades would be saved, with green space and amateur ball fields in between. —Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2024

Both hurricanes battered the historic village, tearing down trees and power lines and reducing buildings to piles of rubble. —Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2024

Some buildings were obliterated, cars were flipped and came to rest against houses, and trees were torn down, said Barnes, who witnessed some of the devastation. —NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024