Synonyms of pull down

pull down

verb

1

as in to destroy

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

a powerful storm pulled down the old fishing shack, which had been immortalized in countless paintings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroy
• ruin
• demolish
• shatter
• wreck
• devastate
• overcome
• smash
• tear down
• damage
• rub out
• waste
• cream
• erode
• extinguish
• desolate
• vaporize
• mar
• total
• annihilate
• pulverize
• do in
• decimate
• win (against)
• triumph (over)
• raze
• defeat
• break
• ravage
• prevail (over)
• kill
• wear (away)
• remove
• cripple
• crush
• nuke
• blast
• wash out
• dismantle
• take down
• best
• wipe out
• blow up
• wrack
• sweep (away)
• cut down
• subdue
• lick
• injure
• master
• conquer
• trim
• blot out
• disintegrate
• surmount
• scotch
• impair
• spoil
• deteriorate
• dissolve
• harm
• stamp (out)
• whip
• rout
• eradicate
• kill off
• take out
• mow (down)
• thrash
• beat
• dynamite
• mutilate
• sack
• snuff (out)
• slaughter
• fell
• mangle
• disfigure
• undo
• vitiate
• scour
• assassinate
• root (out)
• disassemble
• overmatch
• clobber
• deface
• havoc
• obliterate
• plunder
• exterminate
• gut
• trounce
• expunge
• murder
• execute
• loot
• extirpate
• overbear
• massacre
• slay
• drub
• unmake
• skunk
• liquidate
• wallop
• efface
• dispatch
• butcher
• trample
• trash
• zap
• unbuild
• pillage
• despoil
• dilapidate
• vandalize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• set up
• build
• put up
• construct
• raise
• patch
• erect
• create
• repair
• fix
• rear
• produce
• make
• bring about
• form
• found
• mend
• shape
• manufacture
• invent
• establish
• assemble
• protect
• forge
• organize
• fashion
• constitute
• frame
• save
• mold
• preserve
• institute
• doctor
• fabricate
• revamp
• recondition
• conserve
• restore
• rebuild
• reconstruct
• father
• renovate
• remodel

2

as in to demolish

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

an ugly billboard that was eventually pulled down

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demolish
• tear down
• raze
• level
• wipe out
• unbuild
• destroy
• blow up
• dynamite
• eradicate
• overturn
• finish
• abolish
• obliterate
• wreck
• waste
• ruin
• extirpate
• smash
• crack up
• ravage
• total
• flatten
• dissolve
• decimate
• pulverize
• annihilate
• devour
• unmake
• scourge
• do in
• devastate
• crush
• dash

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• build
• put up
• construct
• raise
• erect
• restore
• rebuild
• renew
• create
• make
• form
• manufacture
• shape
• renovate
• forge
• fashion
• fabricate

3

as in to win

to receive as return for effort

he's pulling down six figures at that job

Synonyms & Similar Words

• win
• earn
• reap
• gain
• make
• get
• garner
• obtain
• land
• realize
• bring in
• attain
• secure
• acquire
• knock down
• capture
• come by
• procure
• draw
• carry
• achieve
• bag
• accomplish
• gross
• accumulate
• score
• net
• take over
• pick up
• occupy
• rack up
• amass
• regain
• notch (up)
• clear
• catch
• recapture
• annex
• remake
• reacquire
• reattain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lose
• pay
• forfeit
• give
• grant
• accord
• yield
• give up
• surrender
• part (with)
• hand over
• relinquish

Examples of pull down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Many chip stocks pulled down by Nvidia’ s 9.5% decline Tuesday were in the green. —Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024

The ornate piece looks like a box, but de Lesseps pulls down the top to reveal a doll-sized secretary’s desk. —Amanda Lauren, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024

In return, Withers secured an extra paper allocation which enabled British Vogue to survive when other magazines pulled down the shutters. —Robin Muir, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2024

But in a lab, everything is pulled down by Earth’s gravity, so everything is held in place by its gravitational attachment to something else. —Greg Wehner, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2024