tear down (Meaning)
tear down (v)
tear down so as to make flat with the ground
Synonyms & Antonyms of tear down
Synonyms:
- mutilate
- slay
- lick
- gut
- blot out
- vitiate
- trim
- nuke
- execute
- extirpate
- drub
- take down
- assassinate
- dilapidate
- liquidate
- injure
- dispatch
- disassemble
- wrack
- dissolve
- efface
- cut down
- deface
- massacre
- disfigure
- sweep (away)
- fell
- despoil
- wallop
- snuff (out)
- pillage
- scotch
- overbear
- beat
- rout
- unmake
- eradicate
- kill off
- trash
- thrash
- trample
- dynamite
- harm
- scour
- blow up
- skunk
- plunder
- havoc
- butcher
- deteriorate
- wipe out
- obliterate
- sack
- take out
- conquer
- undo
- expunge
- surmount
- disintegrate
- subdue
- mangle
- mow (down)
- trounce
- spoil
- slaughter
- root (out)
- murder
- clobber
- loot
- exterminate
- stamp (out)
- whip
- wash out
- wear (away)
- overmatch
- impair
- master
- dismantle
Antonyms:
tear down Sentence Examples
- The old factory was scheduled to be torn down to make way for a new shopping center.
- The demolition crew was hired to tear down the condemned building.
- The earthquake caused a section of the building to tear down completely.
- The protesters gathered outside the city hall, demanding the mayor tear down the statue of the former mayor.
- The construction workers used a wrecking ball to tear down the dilapidated house.
- The angry mob tore down the barricades that had been put in place to block their path.
- The homeowner hired a contractor to tear down the shed that had become infested with termites.
- The old barn was torn down to salvage the lumber for other projects.
- The city council voted to tear down the historic building to create a new park.
- The redevelopment plan called for the wholesale tear down of an entire neighborhood.
FAQs About the word tear down
tear down so as to make flat with the ground
damage, smash, shatter, ruin,destroy, wreck, devastate, overcome, pull down, demolish
erect, raise, rear, raise, build, repair, patch, erect, create,set up
The old factory was scheduled to be torn down to make way for a new shopping center.
The demolition crew was hired to tear down the condemned building.
The earthquake caused a section of the building to tear down completely.
The protesters gathered outside the city hall, demanding the mayor tear down the statue of the former mayor.