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
• devastated
• damaged
• pulled down
• rubbed out
• marred
• removed
• done in
• dismantled
• wasted
• pulverized
• vaporized
• decimated
• annihilated
• extinguished
• totaled
• overcome
• crushed
• wracked
• razed
• desolated
• creamed
• prevailed (over)
• triumphed (over)
• broken
• won (against)
• eroded
• crippled
• defeated
• vandalized
• ravaged
• worn (away)
• nuked
• taken down
• washed out
• swept (away)
• cut down
• trimmed
• impaired
• injured
• wiped out
• surmounted
• blasted
• conquered
• stamped (out)
• blown up
• subdued
• mastered
• deteriorated
• spoiled
• dissolved
• licked
• rooted (out)
• mutilated
• disintegrated
• whipped
• bested
• undone
• harmed
• disfigured
• thrashed
• snuffed (out)
• blotted out
• mangled
• overmatched
• killed off
• overborne
• routed
• clobbered
• sacked
• trounced
• dynamited
• scotched
• defaced
• killed
• beaten
• looted
• obliterated
• vitiated
• taken out
• gutted
• mowed (down)
• dilapidated
• disassembled
• scoured
• eradicated
• exterminated
• trampled
• liquidated
• executed
• slaughtered
• murdered
• plundered
• expunged
• 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
• wrecked
• wiped out
• leveled
• unbuilt
• destroyed
• blown up
• dynamited
• ruined
• obliterated
• overturned
• flattened
• ravaged
• wasted
• abolished
• cracked up
• crushed
• decimated
• pulverized
• 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

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

Most of it, aside from its historic Art Deco buildings, were torn down in 2020 to be developed into a luxury resort. — Grethel Aguila, 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

Statues are torn down, buildings with people's names on them erode. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026

Cooley High School, a landmark on Detroit's west side for nearly a century, is being torn down after years of vacancy left the historic building too deteriorated to save. — Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Their wait spanned three years while their old houses were torn down and rebuilt. — Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026

When Congress refused to fund its completion in time for the 1876 Centennial, there were even demands that the eyesore be torn down. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 27 July 2026