Synonyms of tearing down

tearing down

verb

present participle of tear down

1

as in destroying

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

• destroying
• ruining
• devastating
• shattering
• demolishing
• wrecking
• smashing
• pulling down
• overcoming
• doing in
• damaging
• wasting
• rubbing out
• eroding
• prevailing (over)
• totaling
• winning (against)
• totalling
• extinguishing
• vaporizing
• pulverizing
• wearing (away)
• annihilating
• sweeping (away)
• decimating
• triumphing (over)
• crippling
• wracking
• razing
• marring
• ravaging
• creaming
• blowing up
• crushing
• killing
• breaking
• washing out
• dismantling
• removing
• desolating
• defeating
• blasting
• taking down
• wiping out
• cutting down
• nuking
• stamping (out)
• rooting (out)
• injuring
• blotting out
• licking
• trimming
• subduing
• routing
• surmounting
• mastering
• conquering
• snuffing (out)
• deteriorating
• spoiling
• killing off
• impairing
• mowing (down)
• disintegrating
• whipping
• taking out
• dissolving
• harming
• mutilating
• thrashing
• besting
• disfiguring
• clobbering
• dynamiting
• eradicating
• mangling
• beating
• scouring
• defacing
• walloping
• overmatching
• undoing
• slaughtering
• vitiating
• disassembling
• gutting
• drubbing
• trouncing
• overbearing
• sacking
• assassinating
• murdering
• plundering
• obliterating
• exterminating
• looting
• scotching
• executing
• trampling
• expunging
• extirpating
• vandalizing
• liquidating
• effacing
• slaying
• skunking
• despoiling
• pillaging
• dispatching
• massacring
• havocking
• trashing
• butchering
• zapping
• dilapidating
• unmaking
• unbuilding
• felling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• setting up
• putting up
• building
• constructing
• raising
• erecting
• creating
• repairing
• rearing
• fixing
• bringing about
• producing
• making
• forming
• manufacturing
• shaping
• inventing
• establishing
• assembling
• forging
• organizing
• patching
• framing
• molding
• reconditioning
• protecting
• constituting
• revamping
• fabricating
• fashioning
• founding
• mending
• saving
• preserving
• instituting
• doctoring
• conserving
• restoring
• rebuilding
• remodeling
• reconstructing
• fathering
• renovating

2

as in demolishing

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

• demolishing
• pulling down
• levelling
• razing
• blowing up
• wiping out
• leveling
• unbuilding
• destroying
• cracking up
• doing in
• dynamiting
• totalling
• finishing
• overturning
• eradicating
• abolishing
• totaling
• wasting
• wrecking
• devastating
• smashing
• obliterating
• ravaging
• flattening
• extirpating
• ruining
• pulverizing
• decimating
• devouring
• dissolving
• annihilating
• crushing
• unmaking
• scourging
• dashing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• building
• constructing
• raising
• putting up
• erecting
• restoring
• rebuilding
• creating
• renewing
• making
• forming
• manufacturing
• shaping
• forging
• renovating
• fabricating
• fashioning