Synonyms of tore down

tore down

verb

past tense of tear down

1

as in destroyed

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

• destroyed
• ruined
• demolished
• shattered
• wrecked
• devastated
• smashed
• pulled down
• damaged
• overcame
• wasted
• rubbed out
• did in
• eroded
• pulverized
• vaporized
• decimated
• extinguished
• annihilated
• marred
• totaled
• razed
• wracked
• desolated
• ravaged
• creamed
• prevailed (over)
• crippled
• killed
• triumphed (over)
• defeated
• crushed
• removed
• nuked
• broke
• wore (away)
• won (against)
• washed out
• injured
• cut down
• swept (away)
• dismantled
• wiped out
• subdued
• blasted
• stamped (out)
• blew up
• impaired
• conquered
• licked
• trimmed
• mastered
• rooted (out)
• dissolved
• surmounted
• blotted out
• deteriorated
• disintegrated
• mutilated
• took down
• whipped
• spoiled
• routed
• harmed
• mangled
• thrashed
• disfigured
• clobbered
• overmatched
• snuffed (out)
• trounced
• killed off
• mowed (down)
• scotched
• bested
• beat
• eradicated
• defaced
• vitiated
• dynamited
• assassinated
• scoured
• slaughtered
• disassembled
• gutted
• dilapidated
• murdered
• obliterated
• sacked
• exterminated
• overbore
• executed
• undid
• expunged
• liquidated
• plundered
• extirpated
• looted
• effaced
• trampled
• vandalized
• walloped
• drubbed
• massacred
• skunked
• dispatched
• slew
• pillaged
• despoiled
• butchered
• took out
• trashed
• havocked
• unmade
• zapped
• unbuilt
• felled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• set up
• built
• put up
• constructed
• raised
• erected
• fixed
• repaired
• created
• reared
• produced
• brought about
• made
• invented
• formed
• manufactured
• shaped
• assembled
• established
• organized
• molded
• patched
• forged
• fabricated
• fashioned
• framed
• constituted
• founded
• protected
• instituted
• reconditioned
• preserved
• mended
• revamped
• saved
• doctored
• restored
• rebuilt
• reconstructed
• fathered
• conserved
• remodeled
• renovated

2

as in demolished

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

• demolished
• pulled down
• razed
• wiped out
• destroyed
• leveled
• unbuilt
• blew up
• finished
• overturned
• abolished
• obliterated
• flattened
• wrecked
• cracked up
• ruined
• eradicated
• ravaged
• decimated
• pulverized
• wasted
• extirpated
• dissolved
• dynamited
• did in
• smashed
• totaled
• annihilated
• devoured
• devastated
• scourged
• unmade
• crushed
• dashed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• built
• put up
• constructed
• raised
• erected
• restored
• renewed
• created
• made
• formed
• manufactured
• shaped
• rebuilt
• renovated
• fabricated
• forged
• fashioned

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tore down

Thousands of fans in a crowd of 48,238 stormed the field and tore down both goalposts to celebrate the end of a four-game KU losing streak. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026

In 2023, the Claramontes tore down the house, despite protests from civic leaders who sought to maintain the area’s heritage. — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026

Department of Homeland Security contractors tore down the first of the three trees on July 27. — Michael Loria, USA Today, 30 July 2026

The French revolutionaries tore down almost all of society’s old structures—including the calendar, the churches, and the school system. — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

Piepenbrink encouraged people to visit the Crete Township Community Center on Cottage Grove Avenue and Monee Road to view photos from a 1952 fire that tore down the Balmoral Park grandstand during renovations. — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026

The president's team also repaired fountains throughout the city, tore down the White House's East Wing to make way for a ballroom, attempted to close the Kennedy Center for renovations, and drew up plans for a gigantic triumphal arch across the river from the capital in Virginia. — Joe Walsh, CBS News, 19 June 2026

The properties sit across a cove from where Michael Jordan once tore down his own mansion (presumably to build a bigger one — as one does). — Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2026

Protesters tore down and disabled enforcement cameras and painted the policy as a civil liberties issue. — Justin Worland, Time, 3 June 2026