Synonyms of pull down

pull down

verb

1

as in to destroy

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

a powerful storm pulled down the old fishing shack, which had been immortalized in countless paintings

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in to demolish

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

an ugly billboard that was eventually pulled down

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in to earn

to receive as return for effort

he's pulling down six figures at that job

Synonyms & Similar Words

• earn
• gain
• make
• reap
• get
• garner
• obtain
• land
• win
• realize
• bring in
• attain
• secure
• acquire
• knock down
• capture
• come by
• procure
• draw
• carry
• achieve
• bag
• accomplish
• gross
• accumulate
• score
• net
• take over
• pick up
• occupy
• rack up
• amass
• regain
• notch (up)
• clear
• catch
• recapture
• annex
• remake
• reacquire
• reattain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lose
• pay
• forfeit
• give
• grant
• accord
• yield
• give up
• surrender
• part (with)
• hand over
• relinquish