Synonyms of tear down

tear down

verb

1

as in to destroy

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

vandals tore down the wooden fence blocking the entrance to the beach

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in to demolish

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

the new owners apparently bought the house just to tear it down and build a lavish mansion in its place

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tear down

On the other lies a park in one of the Bronx’s poorest communities, built on the site of the former Yankee Stadium after the old home of the Yankees was torn down in 2009 and 2010. — Sam Blum, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

The days of demolition derbies and grandstand-filling concerts are gone — and have been since the grandstand was torn down back in 2001. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026

The agent representing the buyers said at the time that his clients planned to tear down the home and redevelop the North Bay Road site. — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026

And the iconic Excelsior Club in west Charlotte was torn down in July but is set to be resurrected. — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2026