TEARS DOWN Synonyms: 170 Similar and Opposite Words

tears down

verb

present tense third-person singular of tear down

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

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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

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

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