tearing down (Meaning)
tearing down (n)
complete destruction of a building
Synonyms & Antonyms of tearing down
Synonyms:
- crippling
- razing
- killing
- breaking
- pulverizing
- sweeping (away)
- defeating
- triumphing (over)
- blowing up
- wracking
- vaporizing
- eroding
- prevailing (over)
- washing out
- decimating
- crushing
- rubbing out
- winning (against)
- desolating
- damaging
- totalling
- removing
- creaming
- totaling
- dismantling
- wearing (away)
- extinguishing
- marring
- ravaging
- wasting
- blasting
- annihilating
Antonyms:
- erecting
- establishing
- fixing
- forming
- repairing
- molding
- creating
- shaping
- patching
- forming
- fixing
- inventing
- producing
- organizing
- creating
- establishing
- molding
- inventing
- rearing
- framing
- erecting
- rearing
- framing
- manufacturing
- forging
- bringing about
- organizing
- forging
- making
- shaping
- producing
- manufacturing
- patching
- assembling
- assembling
- bringing about
- making
- repairing
Synonyms:
- slaying
- overbearing
- cutting down
- killing off
- vitiating
- walloping
- mastering
- vandalizing
- skunking
- mowing (down)
- injuring
- routing
- obliterating
- plundering
- mutilating
- liquidating
- expunging
- rooting (out)
- harming
- spoiling
- overmatching
- disfiguring
- whipping
- eradicating
- trimming
- licking
- trampling
- pillaging
- deteriorating
- snuffing (out)
- slaughtering
- stamping (out)
- defacing
- thrashing
- wiping out
- surmounting
- exterminating
- sacking
- looting
- subduing
- scotching
- extirpating
- murdering
- disintegrating
- trouncing
- undoing
- dynamiting
- beating
- gutting
- blotting out
- disassembling
- assassinating
- conquering
- taking out
- executing
- despoiling
- effacing
- dissolving
- drubbing
- mangling
- impairing
- taking down
- besting
- scouring
- clobbering
- nuking
Antonyms:
- reconditioning
- fabricating
- protecting
- reconstructing
- preserving
- conserving
- remodeling
- saving
- revamping
- founding
- rebuilding
- saving
- constituting
- conserving
- reconstructing
- reconditioning
- restoring
- remodeling
- doctoring
- rebuilding
- fabricating
- protecting
- instituting
- restoring
- fashioning
- doctoring
- instituting
- preserving
- revamping
- mending
- fashioning
- constituting
- mending
- founding
FAQs About the word tearing down
complete destruction of a building
shattering, wrecking, ruining, demolishing, pulling down, smashing, overcoming,destroying, devastating, doing in
setting up, putting up, constructing, building, constructing, raising, putting up, raising,setting up, building
The demolition crew was tearing down the dilapidated building to make way for a new skyscraper.
The wind was so strong that it was nearly tearing down the tall trees in the forest.
The angry mob was tearing down the symbols of their oppression.
The child was tearing down the sandcastle he had built earlier.
