Synonyms of demolish

demolish

verb

1

as in to destroy

to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces

developers demolished the old warehouse to make room for the new shopping mall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroy
• raze
• ruin
• unbuild
• tear down
• pull down
• smash
• wreck
• dynamite
• finish
• overturn
• obliterate
• level
• eradicate
• ravage
• flatten
• decimate
• abolish
• annihilate
• pulverize
• devastate
• extirpate
• devour
• waste
• wipe out
• unmake
• dissolve
• blow up
• scourge
• total
• crush
• crack up
• dash
• do in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• build
• construct
• erect
• raise
• rebuild
• restore
• renew
• create
• renovate
• make
• form
• manufacture
• put up
• shape
• forge
• fabricate
• fashion

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• build
• construct
• erect
• raise
• rebuild
• restore
• renew
• create
• renovate
• make
• form
• manufacture
• put up
• shape
• forge
• fabricate
• fashion

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2

as in to ruin

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

most of the buildings in the town had been demolished in the bombing raid

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroy
• ruin
• shatter
• devastate
• wreck
• smash
• raze
• overcome
• damage
• annihilate
• decimate
• waste
• pulverize
• extinguish
• erode
• dismantle
• vaporize
• ravage
• mar
• nuke
• total
• desolate
• kill
• cripple
• crush
• remove
• cream
• tear down
• pull down
• defeat
• wrack
• subdue
• break
• injure
• rub out
• conquer
• blast
• disintegrate
• do in
• best
• master
• lick
• clobber
• dissolve
• eradicate
• spoil
• mutilate
• obliterate
• disfigure
• impair
• deface
• deteriorate
• trim
• dynamite
• surmount
• harm
• trounce
• mangle
• whip
• assassinate
• exterminate
• expunge
• disassemble
• undo
• rout
• vitiate
• thrash
• beat
• liquidate
• scour
• extirpate
• scotch
• unmake
• wallop
• blow up
• overbear
• unbuild
• slaughter
• vandalize
• plunder
• slay
• gut
• dilapidate
• despoil
• overmatch
• execute
• skunk
• wash out
• efface
• wipe out
• drub
• sack
• murder
• trample
• pillage
• take down
• fell
• loot
• zap
• blot out
• prevail (over)
• trash
• massacre
• kill off
• dispatch
• cut down
• havoc
• butcher
• triumph (over)
• sweep (away)
• win (against)
• wear (away)
• take out
• snuff (out)
• mow (down)
• stamp (out)
• root (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• build
• construct
• erect
• create
• raise
• repair
• fix
• set up
• patch
• produce
• make
• rear
• establish
• invent
• assemble
• mend
• form
• manufacture
• found
• protect
• preserve
• fabricate
• organize
• forge
• shape
• constitute
• revamp
• save
• rebuild
• recondition
• restore
• mold
• reconstruct
• put up
• institute
• bring about
• conserve
• frame
• fashion
• doctor
• renovate
• remodel
• father

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• build
• construct
• erect
• create
• raise
• repair
• fix
• set up
• patch
• produce
• make
• rear
• establish
• invent
• assemble
• mend
• form
• manufacture
• found
• protect
• preserve
• fabricate
• organize
• forge
• shape
• constitute
• revamp
• save
• rebuild
• recondition
• restore
• mold
• reconstruct
• put up
• institute
• bring about
• conserve
• frame
• fashion
• doctor
• renovate
• remodel
• father

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3

as in to shatter

to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive

terrorists used a powerful pipe bomb to demolish the concrete wall around the compound

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shatter
• smash
• destroy
• blow
• explode
• pop
• burst
• blast
• detonate
• annihilate
• dynamite
• decimate
• ruin
• blow up
• wreck
• fragment
• splinter
• discharge

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapse
• implode

• collapse
• implode