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

Indeed, many media observers—inside and outside the network—have gone so far as to suggest that demolishing the status quo seems to be central to Weiss’s mandate. —Claire Zillman, Fortune, 12 June 2026

In February 2024, police gave him and his wife minutes to pack before demolishing their home. —Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026

Other projects at Capital High include a boiler replacement, which involves asbestos abatement and demolishing the old boiler, and installing new bleachers in its auxiliary gym. —Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 9 June 2026

In February 2024, police gave him and his wife minutes to pack before demolishing their home. —ABC News, 9 June 2026

Royce Lewis is demolishing Triple-A pitching. —Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 3 June 2026

In May, Universal Orlando began demolishing portions of its decades-old Lost Continent area at Islands of Adventure, prompting emotional reactions from longtime fans. —Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026

And Björck went about demolishing his peer group to an absolutely comical level. —Thomas Drance, New York Times, 29 May 2026

The plan involves demolishing the building and constructing a near-replica on the same Beatties Ford Road footprint. —Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026