What is another word for demolish?
1209 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ dɪmˈɒlɪʃ], [ dɪmˈɒlɪʃ], [ d_ɪ_m_ˈɒ_l_ɪ_ʃ]Table of Contents
Similar words for demolish:- demolish (noun)
- ruination (noun)
- annihilate (verb)
- batter (verb)
- break (verb)
- confute (verb)
- consume (verb)
- creation (verb)
- crush (verb)
- deface (verb)
- defeat (verb)
- destroy (verb)
- destroy; consume (verb)
- dismantle (verb)
- dissolve (verb)
- eradicate (verb)
- extirpate (verb)
- fell (verb)
- harrow (verb)
- overthrow (verb)
- paralyze (verb)
- ravage (verb)
- raze (verb)
- refute (verb)
- ruin (verb)
- scrap (verb)
- shatter (verb)
- smash (verb)
- spoil (verb)
- subvert (verb)
- undo (verb)
- unhorse (verb)
- uproot (verb)
- vandalize (verb)
- wreck (verb)
- other synonyms
- confute
- consume
- defeat
- destroy
- rive
- ruin
- shatter
- uproot
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Demolish:
n.
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- get down,
- let down,
- cross up,
- cast a shadow over something,
- disappoint,
- wash up,
- demoralize,
- throw/pour cold water on something,
- finish,
- dash someone's hopes,
- discourage,
- disillusion,
- total,
- wrack,
- wear down.
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- gut.
v.
•annihilate (verb)- ex terminated,
- ex terminates,
- ex-terminates,
- roots out,
- ex terminating,
- in validating,
- ex-terminate,
- finishes off,
- finishing off,
- in validates,
- in-validated,
- ex-terminated,
- in validated,
- in-validating,
- in validate,
- rooted out,
- ex-terminating,
- in-validates,
- blots out,
- in-validate,
- ex terminate.
- de-stroyed,
- dis-figuring,
- de stroy,
- dis-figures,
- dis figures,
- de-stroy,
- dis figured,
- dis-figure,
- de stroys,
- de stroyed,
- de-stroys,
- de-stroying,
- dis-figured,
- de stroying,
- dis figuring,
- dis figure.
- dis-integrated,
- pulled to pieces,
- pulls to pieces,
- made mincemeat of,
- dis integrates,
- dis-integrate,
- dis integrating,
- busting up,
- dis integrated,
- pulling to pieces,
- making mincemeat of,
- makes mincemeat of,
- busts up,
- makes hash of,
- dis integrate,
- pulled pieces,
- pulling pieces,
- pulls pieces,
- made hash of,
- dis-integrating,
- pull pieces,
- making hash of,
- dis-integrates.
- brought to naught,
- blowing sky high,
- over-come,
- dis-proved,
- over coming,
- re-butting,
- dis may,
- dis mayed,
- over-whelming,
- ex-pose,
- ex posed,
- dis prove,
- over-turn,
- over-whelmed,
- dis-prove,
- over comes,
- brought naught,
- over whelm,
- up-setting,
- over come,
- proves false,
- dis proves,
- over turned,
- over turning,
- proving false,
- ex pose,
- re butted,
- dis proved,
- dis-proves,
- over whelming,
- blew sky high,
- re-butted,
- over whelmed,
- dis mays,
- bringing to naught,
- ex-posed,
- knockses props out from under,
- dis-may,
- dis-proving,
- over turns,
- brings naught,
- sets aside,
- over-whelm,
- dis proving,
- over-turned,
- over-turning,
- over-turns,
- dis-maying,
- proved false,
- brings to naught,
- dis-mays,
- proving wrong,
- ex-posing,
- up sets,
- blows sky high,
- over came,
- over-coming,
- bringing naught,
- knocksing props out from under,
- over-came,
- bring naught,
- knocksed props out from under,
- up-set,
- over-whelms,
- re butting,
- up setting,
- dis maying,
- over-comes,
- over whelms,
- proves wrong,
- dis-mayed,
- up-sets.
- ex pended,
- de-cays,
- ex pending,
- de-cay,
- de cay,
- ex-pend,
- ex-pending,
- de cays,
- ex pends,
- ex pend,
- ex-pends,
- ex-pended.
- over powers,
- quelches,
- over-powers,
- re-duces,
- over powered,
- re duce,
- sub dues,
- over-powered,
- re-duce,
- over powering,
- forces down,
- over-powering,
- blowing away,
- quelched,
- blows away,
- over-power,
- re duces,
- over power,
- sub due,
- quelching,
- sub-dues,
- sub-jugate,
- forcing down,
- sub-due,
- sub jugate,
- forced down.
- de facing,
- de forms,
- de formed,
- mis shapen,
- mis shape,
- DE Form,
- mis-shapes,
- de-form,
- de-facing,
- de-face,
- mis-shape,
- de-faces,
- de forming,
- dis torts,
- de-forming,
- dis-tort,
- dis-torts,
- mis shaped,
- de-formed,
- de face,
- de-faced,
- dis tort,
- mis shaping,
- mis-shaped,
- mis-shaping,
- mis shapes,
- de faced,
- de faces,
- de-forms.
- out-maneuvers,
- out flanks,
- sur-mounts,
- out flanked,
- be-sting,
- out flanking,
- re pulsing,
- over run,
- prevailed over,
- re-pulsing,
- re pulse,
- out maneuvering,
- out-maneuver,
- re pulsed,
- over-running,
- dis comfits,
- dis comfit,
- de-feat,
- over runs,
- rolls back,
- out-maneuvering,
- de feats,
- dis-comfit,
- re pressing,
- re-pulses,
- prevails over,
- re pulses,
- de-feats,
- re presses,
- sur-mounting,
- sur mounted,
- out-maneuvered,
- sur mounts,
- re-presses,
- be sting,
- out maneuvers,
- out flank,
- out-flank,
- rolled back,
- out-flanks,
- prevailing over,
- rolling back,
- out-flanked,
- over running,
- out-flanking,
- re-pulse,
- re press,
- re-pulsed,
- out maneuvered,
- sur-mounted,
- sur-mount,
- re pressed,
- de feat,
- sur mounting,
- re-pressing,
- sur mount,
- dis-comfits.
- desolate,
- devastate,
- level,
- tear down,
- annihilate,
- dismantle,
- abolish,
- rip to shreds,
- decimate,
- vaporize,
- atomize,
- bulldoze,
- disintegrate,
- flatten,
- exterminate.
- dis mounts,
- dis-assembling,
- dis mantled,
- de-nude,
- dis-robes,
- dis-mantling,
- un rigs,
- dis-mantle,
- taking to pieces,
- un-rig,
- takes pieces,
- take pieces,
- dis member,
- de-nudes,
- dis-mantles,
- parted out,
- dis assembled,
- dis-robe,
- dis mantling,
- dis mounted,
- dis-mounted,
- dis-members,
- parts out,
- dis-member,
- dis robing,
- took to pieces,
- brake down,
- dis mount,
- de nude,
- dis-mantled,
- broke down,
- breaks down,
- un rigged,
- dis assembles,
- un-rigging,
- de nudes,
- dis assembling,
- denudates,
- un-rigs,
- dis-assemble,
- dis mantle,
- dis-mounts,
- dis mantles,
- parting out,
- dis assemble,
- takes to pieces,
- un rig,
- dis mounting,
- unrigging,
- dis-mounting,
- took pieces,
- taking pieces,
- dis-assembled,
- un rigging,
- dis robed,
- dis robe,
- dis-robed,
- dis-mount,
- dis robes,
- un-rigged,
- denudating,
- dis membered,
- unrigs,
- dis-assembles,
- dis members,
- dis-membered,
- dis-robing.
- dis-missed,
- dis-charges,
- un-making,
- dis-unite,
- dis solving,
- dis-organize,
- post pone,
- dis organizing,
- dis unites,
- rendering void,
- dis solves,
- dis uniting,
- post pones,
- dis solve,
- puts an end to,
- un makes,
- dis-solving,
- resolves in to,
- dis organized,
- dis-charging,
- dis missing,
- dis-solves,
- dis-organizes,
- re-pealing,
- dis-solved,
- dis charges,
- resolve in to,
- dis-united,
- dis-charged,
- re pealed,
- re-pealed,
- un making,
- dis organizes,
- dis charge,
- un-makes,
- dis-organized,
- dis-uniting,
- putting end to,
- re-peals,
- un made,
- dis charging,
- un make,
- post-pones,
- dis solved,
- rendered void,
- un-made,
- puts end to,
- resolving in to,
- re peal,
- resolved into,
- renders void,
- dis charged,
- resolves into,
- post-pone,
- resolved in to,
- dis-solve,
- re peals,
- dis-missing,
- putting an end to,
- resolving into,
- un-make,
- dis-unites,
- dis unite,
- dis missed,
- dis organize,
- dis united,
- dis-charge,
- dis-organizing,
- re pealing.
- un root,
- weeds out,
- deracinates,
- weeded out,
- un-rooted,
- shoots down,
- un-root,
- un-roots,
- shooting down,
- deracinnated,
- un rooting,
- un rooted,
- unroots,
- deracinnating,
- un-rooting,
- un roots.
- causes fall,
- cause fall,
- causes to fall,
- laying low,
- caused to fall,
- lays low,
- blew down,
- causing to fall,
- threw down,
- blowing down,
- knocks over,
- throws down,
- striking down,
- blows down,
- strook down,
- knocking over,
- caused fall,
- strikes down,
- causing fall.
- de-posing,
- un-seat,
- over thrown,
- bringing to ruin,
- un seat,
- de-throning,
- de posing,
- de-posed,
- un seating,
- over throws,
- brings to ruin,
- un-seated,
- brings ruin,
- de thrones,
- de-throne,
- over-throwing,
- de pose,
- bring ruin,
- up-ends,
- de throned,
- un seated,
- de-throned,
- top pled,
- brought ruin,
- over throw,
- de-thrones,
- de throne,
- un-seating,
- de posed,
- up-ended,
- over-throw,
- up-ending,
- un-seats,
- de throning,
- up ended,
- up ending,
- over threw,
- over throwing,
- de-pose,
- over-thrown,
- over-threw,
- un seats,
- up ends,
- over-throws.
- in-capacitating,
- de-adens,
- be mused,
- dis arms,
- making nerveless,
- dis-arming,
- makes inert,
- in capacitating,
- de-aden,
- de aden,
- be-numbing,
- brings grinding halt,
- stopped dead,
- dis-arms,
- be numbing,
- be numbs,
- stopt dead,
- be-numbed,
- bringing to grinding halt,
- be-muse,
- be-mused,
- stops dead,
- be muse,
- be-numb,
- dis-armed,
- dis armed,
- making inert,
- brought to grinding halt,
- de adens,
- be numbed,
- made nerveless,
- in capacitate,
- trans-fixed,
- bring grinding halt,
- be musing,
- in capacitated,
- made inert,
- dis arming,
- trans-fixt,
- makes nerveless,
- in capacitates,
- trans fix,
- trans fixes,
- trans-fix,
- be-numbs,
- trans-fixes,
- trans fixt,
- stopping dead,
- trans fixed,
- be numb,
- brought grinding halt,
- trans fixing,
- be-musing,
- bringing grinding halt,
- in-capacitate,
- in-capacitated,
- trans-fixing,
- brings to grinding halt.
- de spoiled,
- de spoiling,
- de solate,
- de-spoils,
- de spoil,
- de-solated,
- de-spoil,
- de-solate,
- leaves ruins,
- de solating,
- de-solating,
- de-spoiling,
- leaved ruins,
- leaving ruins,
- leave ruins,
- de solated,
- de-solates,
- de-spoiled,
- left in ruins,
- de spoils,
- sweeps away,
- leaving in ruins,
- de solates,
- leaves in ruins,
- left ruins,
- leaved in ruins,
- sweeping away.
- un-building,
- tare up,
- unbuilds,
- un building,
- un build,
- scratched out,
- un builds,
- casts down,
- un-build,
- scratches out,
- un-builds,
- un-built,
- tears up,
- un built.
- dis confirm,
- taking a stand against,
- takes a stand against,
- de-bate,
- argued against,
- takes stand against,
- gave thumbs down to,
- dis confirmed,
- dis-claimed,
- giving thumbs down to,
- disconfirms,
- de-bates,
- dis claims,
- gave lie to,
- dis-claim,
- de bate,
- cancels out,
- burnt down,
- dis confirms,
- shoot full holes,
- took stand against,
- burning down,
- de bated,
- dis-confirms,
- giving the lie to,
- dis-claims,
- gave the lie to,
- canceling out,
- dis-confirming,
- take stand against,
- shooting full of holes,
- took a stand against,
- shoots full of holes,
- gives lie to,
- burned down,
- taking stand against,
- de bating,
- de-bating,
- replies to,
- dis claiming,
- dis-claiming,
- replying to,
- dis claim,
- dis confirming,
- dis claimed,
- gives thumbs down to,
- dis-confirm,
- giving lie to,
- de-bated,
- shot full of holes,
- shot full holes,
- dis-confirmed,
- argues against,
- shoots full holes,
- gives the lie to,
- shooting full holes,
- de bates.
- de-filed,
- wreaks havoc on,
- de filed,
- de-predating,
- make mess of,
- de predated,
- de predate,
- de-predates,
- wreaking havoc on,
- making a mess of,
- de-file,
- de-predated,
- de files,
- de predating,
- makes a mess of,
- spoilated,
- wrought havoc on,
- de filing,
- spoilates,
- de file,
- uses up,
- de predates,
- de-predate,
- spoilating,
- made a mess of,
- de-filing,
- makes mess of,
- cleans out,
- wreaked havoc on,
- made mess of,
- de-files,
- making mess of.
- dis carding,
- tossing out,
- consigns scrap heap,
- re tired,
- re-tire,
- put out pasture,
- puts out to pasture,
- re tire,
- dis-card,
- dis-carding,
- consigning scrap heap,
- consign scrap heap,
- tosses out,
- dis-carded,
- re-tiring,
- puts out pasture,
- consigns to scrap heap,
- tost out,
- re tires,
- consigned to scrap heap,
- dis card,
- consigning to scrap heap,
- dis-cards,
- dis carded,
- consigned scrap heap,
- putting out pasture,
- dis cards,
- re tiring.
- smashed smithereens,
- smashing to smithereens,
- splinterized,
- fragmentalized,
- splinterizing,
- fragmentalizes,
- wracked up,
- smashing smithereens,
- wracks up,
- fragmentalizing,
- smashes to smithereens,
- smash smithereens,
- smashed to smithereens,
- splinterizes,
- wracking up,
- smatters,
- smashes smithereens.
- broke to smithereens,
- lays in ruins,
- laying in ruins,
- puts out commission,
- breaks to smithereens,
- put out action,
- puts out of commission,
- laid ruins,
- puts out action,
- broke smithereens,
- breaking smithereens,
- lay ruins,
- brake smithereens,
- laying ruins,
- brake to smithereens,
- laid in ruins,
- put out commission,
- breaks smithereens,
- puts out of action,
- lays ruins,
- putting out of action,
- putting out of commission,
- breaking to smithereens,
- putting out commission,
- putting out action,
- break smithereens.
- dis grace,
- de-base,
- mucks up,
- de basing,
- dis graces,
- made useless,
- dis-graced,
- dis-graces,
- dis graced,
- de base,
- de-basing,
- mucking up,
- dis-gracing,
- takes apart,
- dis gracing,
- dis-grace,
- de based,
- makes useless,
- de-based,
- making useless.
- de-pressed,
- under-mining,
- de press,
- under-mined,
- re-verse,
- de-press,
- re versing,
- under mined,
- de pressing,
- de pressed,
- de-pressing,
- de-presses,
- under mining,
- de presses,
- re-versed,
- re verse.
- out-smart,
- out foxed,
- out-foxed,
- un-settled,
- out fox,
- over-reach,
- un settles,
- un-doing,
- out-smarts,
- making waves,
- un done,
- over reaches,
- over reached,
- un settle,
- out-smarted,
- out foxes,
- un settled,
- out smart,
- un-settling,
- out-foxes,
- out-smarting,
- un doing,
- over reach,
- over-reaches,
- out smarts,
- out smarted,
- un-did,
- un did,
- un does,
- un settling,
- un-settle,
- out-fox,
- over-reaching,
- over reaching,
- un-done,
- out-foxing,
- un-does,
- out foxing,
- out smarting.
Other synonyms:
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- guzzle,
- heartily,
- snarf,
- spoon,
- choke down,
- peck at,
- champ,
- tuck into,
- gobble,
- tuck in,
- chomp,
- eat,
- munch,
- scarf,
- pick at.
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- graze,
- consume,
- knock-down.
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- sample.
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- crunch.
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- bite.
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- down.
- bring to naught,
- blow sky high,
- up set,
- proved wrong,
- set aside,
- setting aside,
- over turn,
- Parried,
- prove false,
- prove wrong,
- knocks props out from under.
- mowed down,
- mows down,
- prevail over,
- over-run,
- shipwreck,
- scatters,
- mow down,
- over-runs,
- Shipwrecking,
- out maneuver,
- Entrapped,
- Repulsing,
- mowing down,
- roll back,
- shipwrecks.
- use up,
- make a mess of,
- wreak havoc on,
- used up,
- Beggaring,
- Beggared,
- cleaning out,
- clean out,
- using up,
- spoilate,
- cleaned out.
- decay,
- reduce to silence,
- crash,
- powder,
- impair,
- repeal,
- answer conclusively,
- eliminate,
- throw away,
- erase,
- Depredate,
- dismount,
- atomise,
- drop dead,
- deny,
- prostrate,
- smother,
- despoil,
- subdue,
- do in,
- drub,
- scatter,
- bring down,
- mince,
- rifle,
- negative,
- beat down,
- do for,
- invalidate,
- subjugate,
- tear out,
- take off,
- shoot,
- diffuse,
- splinter,
- discredit,
- skunk,
- dispel,
- dismember,
- overrun,
- cashier,
- grind,
- dissipate,
- answer,
- grade,
- repress,
- undermine,
- end,
- worst,
- beat out,
- explode,
- contradict,
- dismiss,
- break off,
- ride roughshod over,
- hew,
- ruination,
- reduce to rubble,
- sever,
- loot,
- tackle,
- upset,
- bugger up,
- sunder,
- ransack,
- win over,
- disperse,
- dispose of,
- floor,
- expose,
- terminate,
- carry,
- nullify,
- remove,
- pauperize,
- pull,
- harm,
- shatter,
- shut up,
- cut down,
- stop,
- argue down,
- puncture,
- make void,
- rob,
- cream,
- make away with,
- sabotage,
- rupture,
- mangle,
- void,
- cut up,
- interfere with,
- push over,
- perish,
- sweep,
- nonplus,
- dish,
- waste,
- break into pieces,
- damage,
- extort,
- suppress,
- shiver,
- rout,
- wipe out,
- decapitate,
- bankrupt,
- whip,
- cleave,
- reduce to nothing,
- check,
- take,
- knock,
- stamp out,
- negate,
- confound,
- squish,
- plunder,
- stifle,
- raid,
- strip,
- trounce,
- dispose,
- tatter,
- squeeze,
- queer,
- fragment,
- dig out,
- trample,
- have,
- annul,
- cancel,
- overwhelm,
- topple,
- rip,
- silence,
- tear,
- mow,
- transgress,
- settle,
- squelch,
- batter down,
- disrupt,
- annual,
- tear off,
- fission,
- rebut,
- Redargue,
- shred,
- clinch an argument,
- polish off,
- clobber,
- put the kibosh on,
- blow up,
- trim,
- delete,
- blot,
- gum up,
- vanquish,
- mutilate,
- murder,
- fracture,
- efface,
- attack,
- beat,
- best,
- parry,
- screw up,
- take down,
- drive mad,
- controvert,
- oppress,
- tear to pieces,
- thwart,
- get high,
- rase,
- cut to pieces,
- disprove,
- do away with,
- pillage,
- tear apart,
- dash,
- maraud,
- squash,
- pick to pieces,
- discombobulate,
- disassemble,
- cut short,
- disturb,
- blow,
- extinguish,
- conquer,
- sacrifice,
- rend,
- split,
- break to pieces,
- fall upon,
- compress.
Paraphrases for Demolish:
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Equivalence
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
razes.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
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Independent
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Verb, base form
clobber, smash, obliterate, remove, decommission, undermine, scrap, topple, overturn, overthrow, eliminate, Eliminating, abolish, crush, ruin, annihilate, frustrate, spoil, disband, break, delete, tear, disrupt, sabotage, eradicate, wreck, undo, derail, dispose, shatter, erode, clearance, erase, torpedo, thwart.
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Verb, base form
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Other Related
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
devastates.
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Verb, base form
dismantle, dismantling, devastate.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
Antonyms for Demolish:
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v.
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destroy; consume
help, lose, repair, restore, construct, produce, build, surrender, fix, strengthen, create, fasten, mend, rebuild, raise.
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Other antonyms:
fashion, patch, doctor, preserve, mold, collapse, institute, protect, assemble, revamp, recondition, save, renovate, erect, constitute, attach, solder, bind, establish, renew, reconstruct, invent, join, found, implode, conserve, weld, shape, rear, secure, unite, frame, organize, father, remodel, form, forge.
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destroy; consume