Synonyms of demolishes

demolishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of demolish

1

as in destroys

to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces

developers demolished the old warehouse to make room for the new shopping mall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroys
• smashes
• razes
• tears down
• ruins
• pulls down
• levels
• overturns
• wrecks
• obliterates
• unbuilds
• flattens
• decimates
• finishes
• abolishes
• annihilates
• eradicates
• devastates
• ravages
• pulverizes
• dynamites
• devours
• wastes
• unmakes
• dissolves
• wipes out
• crushes
• blows up
• extirpates
• totals
• scourges
• cracks up
• does in
• dashes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• builds
• erects
• constructs
• raises
• restores
• renews
• creates
• puts up
• makes
• manufactures
• rebuilds
• forms
• renovates
• shapes
• fashions
• fabricates
• forges

2

as in shatters

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

most of the buildings in the town had been demolished in the bombing raid

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroys
• shatters
• ruins
• devastates
• smashes
• wrecks
• overcomes
• annihilates
• decimates
• erodes
• damages
• extinguishes
• pulverizes
• dismantles
• wastes
• razes
• vaporizes
• ravages
• cripples
• kills
• mars
• removes
• desolates
• crushes
• defeats
• wracks
• subdues
• tears down
• breaks
• pulls down
• totals
• injures
• nukes
• does in
• rubs out
• blasts
• creams
• conquers
• trounces
• disintegrates
• impairs
• clobbers
• thrashes
• obliterates
• mangles
• surmounts
• mutilates
• disfigures
• dissolves
• eradicates
• deteriorates
• masters
• licks
• harms
• spoils
• vitiates
• routs
• bests
• defaces
• prevails (over)
• wins (against)
• wallops
• whips
• undoes
• disassembles
• trims
• beats
• triumphs (over)
• slays
• exterminates
• dynamites
• assassinates
• slaughters
• scours
• tramples
• trashes
• plunders
• expunges
• wears (away)
• overbears
• vandalizes
• effaces
• sweeps (away)
• executes
• liquidates
• scotches
• unmakes
• blows up
• guts
• despoils
• stamps (out)
• washes out
• drubs
• extirpates
• murders
• overmatches
• loots
• wipes out
• pillages
• takes down
• dispatches
• roots (out)
• cuts down
• sacks
• blots out
• zaps
• snuffs (out)
• mows (down)
• kills off
• unbuilds
• skunks
• takes out
• massacres
• dilapidates
• butchers
• fells
• havocs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• builds
• erects
• constructs
• raises
• creates
• repairs
• sets up
• doctors
• produces
• invents
• makes
• rears
• establishes
• fixes
• manufactures
• constitutes
• assembles
• puts up
• protects
• forms
• organizes
• shapes
• preserves
• fathers
• founds
• reconditions
• mends
• frames
• saves
• revamps
• restores
• institutes
• fashions
• fabricates
• reconstructs
• brings about
• conserves
• forges
• patches
• molds
• rebuilds
• renovates
• remodels

3

as in smashes

to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive

terrorists used a powerful pipe bomb to demolish the concrete wall around the compound

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shatters
• smashes
• destroys
• blows
• explodes
• pops
• bursts
• blasts
• detonates
• annihilates
• blows up
• decimates
• ruins
• wrecks
• dynamites
• fragments
• splinters
• discharges

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapses
• implodes