Synonyms of torn down

torn down

verb

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• set up
• built
• constructed
• put up
• raised
• erected
• fixed
• created
• repaired
• reared
• produced
• brought about
• made
• invented
• formed
• manufactured
• assembled
• shaped
• established
• organized
• forged
• molded
• patched
• fabricated
• fashioned
• founded
• protected
• framed
• constituted
• revamped
• reconditioned
• instituted
• mended
• preserved
• 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
• smashed
• razed
• finished
• wiped out
• wrecked
• leveled
• unbuilt
• destroyed
• blown up
• dynamited
• ruined
• obliterated
• overturned
• flattened
• ravaged
• abolished
• wasted
• cracked up
• decimated
• pulverized
• crushed
• eradicated
• done in
• dissolved
• extirpated
• totaled
• devastated
• annihilated
• devoured
• scourged
• unmade
• dashed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of torn down

Though the station itself was torn down in the late 1960s, the Caledonian hotel remained, and has been under Waldorf Astoria's ownership since 2012. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

In recent years, protesters have torn down his statues and splattered others with red paint. — Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026

In the aftermath, the terraces of English football grounds were torn down and replaced with seats. — Vanda Mayer, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026

Walking through prewar Berlin, taking in its historic architecture, Susanna daydreams of her native New York, an ever-changing city where buildings are torn down and rebuilt in the blink of an eye. — Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026

And that still hasn’t prevented cliffs from eroding so much that teetering apartments had to be torn down. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Miller is referring to the original First National Bank building at Dearborn and Monroe, a contemporary of the Rector Building designed by Daniel Burnham and torn down in 1970. — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

That set off a frenzy among people in those neighborhoods and community organizers who don’t want houses torn down. — Charlotte Observer, 20 Sep. 2026

Langkilde said the radar is detecting the lowest portions of the walls and foundations, which were made with large boulders that were often left in place when medieval buildings were torn down. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026