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demolish
Synonyms and Antonyms of demolish
1
to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces
2
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
beat, best, clobber, conquer, crush, defeat, drub, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), rout, scotch, skunk, subdue, surmount, thrash, trim, triumph (over), trounce, wallop, whip, win (against)
blast, blow up, break, cripple, damage, deface, deteriorate, disfigure, disintegrate, dissolve, dynamite, harm, impair, injure, mangle, mar, mutilate, spoil, vitiate
erode, scour, sweep (away), wash out, wear (away)
dilapidate, disassemble, dismantle, gut, take down, unbuild, undo, unmake
blot out, efface, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out), snuff (out), stamp (out), wipe out
despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ravage, sack, trample, trash, vandalize
assassinate, butcher, cut down, dispatch, execute, fell, kill, kill off, massacre, mow (down), murder, slaughter, slay, take out, zap
3
to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive
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