Synonyms of tore down

tore down

verb

past tense of tear down

1

as in destroyed

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

• destroyed
• ruined
• demolished
• shattered
• wrecked
• devastated
• smashed
• pulled down
• damaged
• wasted
• overcame
• rubbed out
• eroded
• did in
• pulverized
• vaporized
• marred
• extinguished
• decimated
• totalled
• annihilated
• totaled
• razed
• wracked
• desolated
• ravaged
• creamed
• crippled
• killed
• prevailed (over)
• defeated
• triumphed (over)
• removed
• crushed
• broke
• nuked
• wore (away)
• dismantled
• injured
• won (against)
• washed out
• cut down
• swept (away)
• subdued
• blasted
• wiped out
• stamped (out)
• impaired
• blew up
• conquered
• licked
• trimmed
• mastered
• rooted (out)
• surmounted
• dissolved
• blotted out
• disintegrated
• deteriorated
• spoiled
• mutilated
• whipped
• took down
• routed
• harmed
• mangled
• thrashed
• disfigured
• clobbered
• spoilt
• overmatched
• snuffed (out)
• trounced
• killed off
• mowed (down)
• scotched
• bested
• beat
• eradicated
• defaced
• assassinated
• slaughtered
• vitiated
• dynamited
• scoured
• disassembled
• gutted
• murdered
• dilapidated
• sacked
• obliterated
• exterminated
• executed
• overbore
• undid
• expunged
• liquidated
• plundered
• extirpated
• vandalized
• looted
• effaced
• trampled
• walloped
• massacred
• drubbed
• skunked
• dispatched
• slew
• pillaged
• despoiled
• butchered
• took out
• trashed
• havocked
• unmade
• zapped
• unbuilt
• felled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• set up
• built
• put up
• constructed
• raised
• erected
• fixed
• repaired
• created
• reared
• produced
• brought about
• made
• invented
• formed
• manufactured
• shaped
• assembled
• established
• organized
• molded
• patched
• forged
• fabricated
• fashioned
• framed
• constituted
• founded
• protected
• instituted
• reconditioned
• preserved
• mended
• revamped
• saved
• doctored
• restored
• rebuilt
• reconstructed
• fathered
• conserved
• remodeled
• renovated

2

as in demolished

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

• demolished
• pulled down
• levelled
• razed
• wiped out
• leveled
• destroyed
• unbuilt
• blew up
• finished
• overturned
• totalled
• abolished
• obliterated
• flattened
• cracked up
• wrecked
• eradicated
• ruined
• ravaged
• decimated
• pulverized
• wasted
• smashed
• extirpated
• dissolved
• dynamited
• did in
• totaled
• annihilated
• devoured
• devastated
• scourged
• unmade
• crushed
• dashed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• built
• put up
• constructed
• raised
• erected
• restored
• renewed
• created
• made
• formed
• manufactured
• shaped
• rebuilt
• renovated
• fabricated
• forged
• fashioned