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tearing down

The phrase “tearing down” has 3 syllables: tear-ing down

It's pronounced as /ˈtɛr.ɪŋ daʊn/

What is synonym and antonym for tearing down?

In the thesaurus, “tearing down” has 119 synonyms and 44 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for tearing down along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for tearing down

  • abolishing
  • annihilating
  • assassinating
  • beating
  • besting
  • blasting
  • blotting out
  • blowing up
  • breaking
  • butchering
  • clobbering
  • conquering
  • cracking up
  • creaming
  • crippling
  • crushing
  • cutting down
  • damaging
  • dashing
  • decimating
  • defacing
  • defeating
  • demolishing
  • desolating
  • despoiling
  • destroying
  • deteriorating
  • devastating
  • devouring
  • dilapidating
  • disassembling
  • disfiguring
  • disintegrating
  • dismantling
  • dispatching
  • dissolving
  • doing in
  • drubbing
  • dynamiting
  • effacing
  • eradicating
  • eroding
  • executing
  • expunging
  • exterminating
  • extinguishing
  • extirpating
  • felling
  • finishing
  • flattening
  • gutting
  • harming
  • havocking
  • impairing
  • injuring
  • killing
  • killing off
  • leveling
  • levelling
  • licking
  • liquidating
  • looting
  • mangling
  • marring
  • massacring
  • mastering
  • murdering
  • mutilating
  • nuking
  • obliterating
  • overbearing
  • overcoming
  • overmatching
  • overturning
  • pillaging
  • plundering
  • pulling down
  • pulverizing
  • ravaging
  • razing
  • removing
  • routing
  • rubbing out
  • ruining
  • sacking
  • scotching
  • scourging
  • scouring
  • shattering
  • skunking
  • slaughtering
  • slaying
  • smashing
  • spoiling
  • subduing
  • surmounting
  • taking down
  • taking out
  • thrashing
  • totaling
  • totalling
  • trampling
  • trashing
  • trimming
  • trouncing
  • unbuilding
  • undoing
  • unmaking
  • vandalizing
  • vaporizing
  • vitiating
  • walloping
  • washing out
  • wasting
  • whipping
  • wiping out
  • wracking
  • wrecking
  • zapping

Antonyms for tearing down

  • assembling
  • bringing about
  • building
  • conserving
  • constituting
  • constructing
  • creating
  • doctoring
  • erecting
  • establishing
  • fabricating
  • fashioning
  • fathering
  • fixing
  • forging
  • forming
  • founding
  • framing
  • instituting
  • inventing
  • making
  • manufacturing
  • mending
  • molding
  • organizing
  • patching
  • preserving
  • producing
  • protecting
  • putting up
  • raising
  • rearing
  • rebuilding
  • reconditioning
  • reconstructing
  • remodeling
  • renewing
  • renovating
  • repairing
  • restoring
  • revamping
  • saving
  • setting up
  • shaping

Example Sentences

  • The workers are tearing down the old library to make space for a new park.
  • Protesters opposed the city’s plan of tearing down historic buildings.
  • They spent the weekend tearing down the stage after the concert.
  • The company is tearing down its outdated headquarters for renovation.
  • Tearing down the fence improved the view of the garden.

On this page you'll find 163 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tearing down, such as: abolishing, annihilating, assassinating, assembling, beating, besting, blasting.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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