Synonyms of tears down

tears down

verb

present tense third-person singular of tear down

1

as in destroys

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

• destroys
• ruins
• demolishes
• shatters
• wrecks
• devastates
• smashes
• damages
• pulls down
• overcomes
• rubs out
• wastes
• vaporizes
• erodes
• ravages
• totals
• does in
• mars
• desolates
• extinguishes
• annihilates
• pulverizes
• decimates
• wracks
• nukes
• razes
• wins (against)
• cripples
• prevails (over)
• breaks
• creams
• defeats
• triumphs (over)
• kills
• overbears
• blasts
• crushes
• removes
• cuts down
• dismantles
• masters
• wears (away)
• takes down
• sweeps (away)
• injures
• subdues
• blows up
• washes out
• spoils
• disintegrates
• deteriorates
• wipes out
• overmatches
• impairs
• licks
• harms
• surmounts
• conquers
• dissolves
• trims
• blots out
• bests
• whips
• roots (out)
• stamps (out)
• disfigures
• clobbers
• mutilates
• thrashes
• routs
• beats
• trounces
• guts
• mows (down)
• vitiates
• kills off
• snuffs (out)
• wallops
• dynamites
• unbuilds
• dilapidates
• mangles
• eradicates
• murders
• defaces
• scours
• takes out
• undoes
• slaughters
• expunges
• drubs
• sacks
• assassinates
• obliterates
• scotches
• disassembles
• effaces
• unmakes
• extirpates
• liquidates
• loots
• plunders
• executes
• exterminates
• vandalizes
• tramples
• slays
• dispatches
• despoils
• skunks
• massacres
• pillages
• zaps
• trashes
• butchers
• fells
• havocs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sets up
• builds
• repairs
• raises
• constructs
• doctors
• creates
• rears
• puts up
• fixes
• erects
• brings about
• produces
• makes
• forms
• manufactures
• shapes
• fathers
• invents
• constitutes
• frames
• fashions
• establishes
• assembles
• institutes
• protects
• patches
• saves
• organizes
• reconditions
• mends
• preserves
• revamps
• founds
• forges
• molds
• restores
• conserves
• reconstructs
• fabricates
• rebuilds
• remodels
• renovates

2

as in demolishes

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

• demolishes
• pulls down
• unbuilds
• levels
• razes
• wipes out
• blows up
• destroys
• cracks up
• ravages
• overturns
• obliterates
• finishes
• ruins
• flattens
• wrecks
• eradicates
• decimates
• dynamites
• pulverizes
• wastes
• totals
• abolishes
• smashes
• unmakes
• annihilates
• dissolves
• devours
• scourges
• devastates
• does in
• extirpates
• dashes
• crushes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• builds
• raises
• constructs
• puts up
• erects
• restores
• creates
• renews
• forms
• shapes
• manufactures
• makes
• rebuilds
• fashions
• renovates
• forges
• fabricates