All demolish synonyms

verb demolish

• destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
• smash — to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.
• trash — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
• devastate — If something devastates an area or a place, it damages it very badly or destroys it totally.
• annihilate — To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
• wreck — any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
• ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
• obliterate — to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
• dismantle — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
• pulverize — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
• crush — To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
• decimate — To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
• flatten — to make flat.
• overturn — to destroy the power of; overthrow; defeat; vanquish.
• bulldoze — If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer.
• raze — to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
• dilapidate — to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
• wrack — Also called cloud rack. a group of drifting clouds.
• level — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
• crack — If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.
• overthrow — to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
• burst — If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out.
• undo — to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone.
• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
• wax — a fit of anger; rage.
• devour — If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly.
• sink — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• total — constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
• eat — to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
• torpedo — a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels or other submarines.
• put away — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
• tear down — to pull apart or in pieces by force, especially so as to leave ragged or irregular edges. Synonyms: rend, rip, rive. Antonyms: mend, repair, sew.
• gobble up — to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp.
• knock down — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
• take apart — into pieces or parts; to pieces: to take a watch apart; an old barn falling apart from decay.
• take out — the act of taking.
• pull down — designed to be pulled down for use: a pull-down bed; a desk with a pull-down front.
• blow up — If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion.
• pulverise — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
• beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
• rout — a bellow.
• thrash — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
• trounce — to beat severely; thrash.
• ravage — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
• disprove — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
• undermine — to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect.
• gobble — to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp.
• eat up — to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
• consume — If you consume something, you eat or drink it.