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synonyms for tearing down

  • bashing
  • battering
  • breaking
  • ruining
  • shattering
  • smashing
  • splitting
  • destructive
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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tearing down, such as: bashing, battering, breaking, ruining, shattering, and smashing.
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How to use tearing down in a sentence

Jem Spyers dashes out; and there he sees Chickweed tearing down the street full-cry.
OLIVER TWIST, VOL. II (OF 3)CHARLES DICKENS
A form bounded off the shelf and came tearing down the slope in the direction of Bascomb.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWS
Pieces flew in, striking all around me, tearing down masses of plaster that came tumbling over me.
FAMOUS ADVENTURES AND PRISON ESCAPES OF THE CIVIL WARVARIOUS
The workmen were tearing down a house to make room for Mr. Carroll's coming palace.
THE ONLOOKER, VOLUME 1, PART 2VARIOUS
The pony came tearing down the sandy track, sending spurts of wet sand and water flashing behind it.
MOTOR MATT'S DARING, OR, TRUE TO HIS FRIENDSSTANLEY R. MATTHEWS
Palmleaf was tearing down toward the water, running for his life.
LEFT ON LABRADORCHARLES ASBURY STEPHENS
Metabolism consists of a twofold rôle—an upbuilding and a tearing down process.
THE MOTHER AND HER CHILDWILLIAM S. SADLER
While some were fighting thus, others were tearing down the rocky wall with hands and bayonets.
SOUTH AMERICAN FIGHTS AND FIGHTERSCYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY
He was close up to the porch, from which the men were tearing down the barricade, but the general was bending over him directly.
CROWN AND SCEPTREGEORGE MANVILLE FENN
And, tearing down his painting, the indignant watchmaker took himself off.
DRY FISH AND WETANTHON BERNHARD ELIAS NILSEN
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WORDS RELATED TO TEARING DOWN

  • bashing
  • battering
  • breaking
  • destructive
  • ruining
  • shattering
  • smashing
  • splitting
  • tearing down
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.