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

Estrogen puts the brakes on the demo crew by capping how much gets torn down and keeps the building crew ramped up to finish the rebuild. — Cheryl Fenton, Flow Space, 27 Oct. 2026

The 4-year-old Airbus plane that was torn down outside Phoenix in May is a key example. — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026

Others are at risk of being torn down to make way for more profitable projects. — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

The mall closed after only five years and most of the former factory complex that housed it was torn down, but Goose Island remained for nearly another 30. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

In Russia plaques commemorating victims of the Great Purge are being torn down and the last museum of the Gulag has been closed. — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026

There’s an additional piece of history that further highlights the WHHA’s hypocrisy in remaining silent as Kennedy’s garden was torn up and the East Wing torn down. — Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2026

And not all old things need to be torn down for the sake of Charlotte’s growth. — Charlotte Observer, 16 Oct. 2026

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