TORN DOWN Synonyms: 176 Similar and Opposite Words

torn down

verb

past participle of tear down

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

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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

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Recent Examples of torn down The historic bandstand that caught fire in Denver’s City Park in March is not salvageable and will need to be torn down, according to Mayor Mike Johnston and Denver Parks & Recreation. —

John Wenzel, Denver Post, 8 June 2026 The large tower that helps coordinate systems and ground infrastructure at the pad sustained significant charring in the blast, but is in fine-enough shape that Limp said it can be repaired rather than needing to be torn down and rebuilt. —

Josh Dinner, Space.com, 3 June 2026 The wall between editorial independence and corporate interest at CBS is being methodically torn down. —

Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026 And one treehouse that was the subject of controversy during its brief time in La Jolla has been torn down. —

Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026 Eventually, the brutalist post office was torn down and replaced with an apartment building. —

Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026 The wall between editorial independence and corporate interest at CBS is being methodically torn down. —

Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 May 2026 The school disbanded in the 1960s, and the building was torn down in the 1990s. —

Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026 The structure has been gone for 30 years, torn down after a fire left little worth saving. —

Stacker, Boston Herald, 18 May 2026

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The current San Geronimo Chapel was built in 1850 to replace a church destroyed in the Mexican American War.

— Alia Beard Rau, USA Today, 10 June 2026
The video and the SCE data offer proof that the 100-year-old line, which hadn’t been used since the early 1970s, became re-electrified and sparked the fire that killed 19 people and destroyed thousands of homes in Altadena and surrounding areas, attorneys say.

— Tony Saavedra, Daily News, 10 June 2026