Synonyms of demolishing

demolishing 1 of 2

noun

as in wrecking

Related Words

• wrecking
• destruction
• desecration
• ravaging
• demolishment
• ravage
• trashing
• ruination
• desecrating
• vandalism
• ruin
• defacement
• defacing
• sabotage
• vandalization
• looting
• plundering
• pillaging
• marauding
• despoiling
• pillage
• ransacking
• spoliation
• plunder
• predation
• depredation
• sacking
• despoilment

Dissimilar Words

• saving
• protection
• preservation
• conservation
• salvage

demolishing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of demolish

1

as in destroying

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

• destroying
• razing
• smashing
• wrecking
• ruining
• unbuilding
• tearing down
• dynamiting
• finishing
• leveling
• pulling down
• overturning
• flattening
• obliterating
• ravaging
• eradicating
• abolishing
• decimating
• wasting
• pulverizing
• annihilating
• devastating
• extirpating
• devouring
• crushing
• dissolving
• wiping out
• totaling
• blowing up
• unmaking
• dashing
• cracking up
• doing in
• scourging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• building
• constructing
• erecting
• raising
• restoring
• rebuilding
• creating
• renewing
• making
• forming
• putting up
• shaping
• manufacturing
• renovating
• forging
• fashioning
• fabricating

2

as in ruining

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

• destroying
• ruining
• wrecking
• shattering
• smashing
• devastating
• overcoming
• damaging
• wasting
• razing
• annihilating
• extinguishing
• eroding
• pulverizing
• decimating
• dismantling
• vaporizing
• marring
• ravaging
• killing
• crushing
• totaling
• removing
• defeating
• creaming
• crippling
• blasting
• nuking
• breaking
• tearing down
• pulling down
• wracking
• injuring
• doing in
• subduing
• conquering
• desolating
• disintegrating
• trimming
• mutilating
• licking
• spoiling
• dissolving
• deteriorating
• rubbing out
• impairing
• dynamiting
• harming
• mastering
• clobbering
• eradicating
• surmounting
• defacing
• whipping
• obliterating
• prevailing (over)
• gutting
• mangling
• routing
• disfiguring
• thrashing
• disassembling
• winning (against)
• besting
• beating
• slaughtering
• scouring
• undoing
• walloping
• vandalizing
• exterminating
• wearing (away)
• assassinating
• murdering
• expunging
• liquidating
• plundering
• triumphing (over)
• trouncing
• vitiating
• sacking
• extirpating
• sweeping (away)
• executing
• looting
• trashing
• effacing
• pillaging
• overmatching
• despoiling
• trampling
• scotching
• blowing up
• massacring
• washing out
• unbuilding
• wiping out
• slaying
• dispatching
• dilapidating
• taking down
• overbearing
• drubbing
• butchering
• stamping (out)
• cutting down
• unmaking
• zapping
• blotting out
• rooting (out)
• felling
• killing off
• skunking
• taking out
• mowing (down)
• snuffing (out)
• havocking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• building
• constructing
• erecting
• repairing
• raising
• creating
• fixing
• rearing
• setting up
• making
• producing
• forming
• putting up
• inventing
• establishing
• assembling
• shaping
• manufacturing
• organizing
• revamping
• fashioning
• forging
• framing
• protecting
• preserving
• fabricating
• molding
• constituting
• patching
• reconditioning
• instituting
• saving
• mending
• rebuilding
• restoring
• conserving
• doctoring
• founding
• reconstructing
• bringing about
• remodeling
• renovating
• fathering

3

as in shattering

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

• shattering
• smashing
• destroying
• blowing
• blasting
• exploding
• bursting
• popping
• detonating
• wrecking
• blowing up
• dynamiting
• ruining
• annihilating
• decimating
• fragmenting
• discharging
• splintering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapsing
• imploding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of demolishing

Noun

In the filing, Omni Hotels outlined a five-year timeframe that would get the site fully designed, permitted and prepared for construction, noting construction would not start until at least five years after the demolishing of the buildings on site. —Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 28 Aug. 2025

Verb

The work included demolishing one stand entirely to create the space required to facilitate those media demands. —Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 14 May 2026

While the Israel Defense Forces continue to dismantle the physical fortress — recently demolishing the largest Hezbollah tunnel network in southern Lebanon — the Iranian people are dismantling the regime’s internal legitimacy. —Liram Koblentz-Stenzler, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026

Many family members are opposed to demolishing and/or selling the property. —Mark Dent, HubSpot, 8 May 2026

Trump has overseen dramatic cosmetic changes on the White House grounds during his second term, including paving over the grassy line of the famous Rose Garden and demolishing the White House's East Wing to make way for a massive ballroom. —Joey Garrison, USA Today, 1 May 2026

Mary Shepard Place — built in the 1940s as Bellevue Square in the Clay Arsenal neighborhood — would be redeveloped in two phases, demolishing a total of 127, low-income apartments and replacing them with 159. —Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026

Trump began moving forward without congressional approval, including plans that involved demolishing the historic East Wing. —Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 28 Apr. 2026

The preservation group sued in December, a week after the White House finished demolishing the East Wing. —Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026

Construction crews are making way for the new home of the Detroit City Football Club after demolishing the old Southwest Detroit Hospital. —Jack Springgate, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026