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

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

Clashes intensified this weekend as police with riot shields and officers on horseback pushed back demonstrators, some of whom tore down barricades, hurled objects and set tires ablaze outside the 1,000-bed facility. — Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026