demolished
Reduced to rubble
Demolished means completely destroyed or torn down.
Buildings are demolished by wrecking balls or explosives.
The word extends to thorough defeats: Our team got demolished 7-0.
In casual speech, demolished can mean devoured: We demolished that pizza in ten minutes.
To demolish an argument is to refute it decisively.
Destroyed a structure completely
- leveledMade flat or equal
- flattenedMade smooth or level
- obliteratedUtterly and completely destroyed
- annihilatedCompletely destroyed, nothing remaining
pulverized · wrecked · ruined · decimated · devastated · bulldozed · toppled · collapsed
Broken building fragments
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- remnantsWhat stays after most goes
- remainsContinues in place
detritus · shambles · aftermath · destruction · broken · shattered · collapsed · crumbled
Compressed into fragments
- trouncedDefeated decisively
- thrashedDefeated decisively
- routedOverwhelmingly defeated
- annihilatedCompletely destroyed, nothing remaining
clobbered · drubbed · whipped · humiliated · outclassed · outplayed · beaten · overwhelmed
razed
Destroyed a structure completely
- leveledMade flat or equal
- flattenedMade smooth or level
- obliteratedUtterly and completely destroyed
annihilated · pulverized · wrecked · ruined · decimated · devastated · bulldozed · toppled · collapsed · imploded
rubble
Broken building fragments
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- remnantsWhat stays after most goes
remains · detritus · shambles · aftermath · destruction · broken · shattered · collapsed · crumbled · fragments
crushed
Compressed into fragments
annihilated · clobbered · drubbed · whipped · humiliated · outclassed · outplayed · beaten · overwhelmed · dominated
devoured
Ate hungrily and completely
- wolfed downAte extremely fast
- inhaledDrew into lungs
- polished offFinished completely, rapidly
scarfed · gorged · consumed · finished · cleared · emptied · put away · gobbled · stuffed · packed away
- defeatdefeat, beaten, conquered, vanquished, loss
- demolishedbeaten, defeated, crushed, destroyed, annihilated
- damageddamaged, broken, wrecked, ruined, destroyed
- broken apartapart, asunder, broken, broken up, fragmented
- destroyeddestroyed, annihilated, obliterated, decimated, devastated
- ruinedruined, destroyed, wrecked, obliterated, totaled
demolishedpreserved
Kept from deterioration
conserved · protected · maintained · safeguarded · saved
demolishedbuilt
Constructed or assembled
constructed · erected · created · raised · assembled
demolishedrestored
Returned to original condition
rebuilt · renovated · repaired · refurbished · reconstructed
demolish, demolishing, demolishes, demolisher, demolishment, undemolished