| Turn to rubble |
USA Today |
28 Jun 2026 |
| Level |
New York Times |
26 Jun 2026 |
| Totally dismantle |
LA Times Daily |
13 May 2026 |
| Pull down (buildings) |
Puzzler Backwords |
17 Apr 2026 |
| Demolish |
New York Times |
02 Apr 2026 |
| Demolish |
Commuter |
17 Jan 2026 |
| Demolish |
Commuter |
08 Jan 2026 |
| Pull down (buildings) |
Puzzler Backwords |
24 Nov 2025 |
| Tear down |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Sep 2025 |
| Demolish |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Jul 2025 |
| Pull down (buildings) (4) |
Puzzler Backwords |
03 Jul 2025 |
| Completely destroy |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jun 2025 |
| Destroy brazen content |
|
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| Bulldoze |
Commuter |
20 May 2025 |
| Tear down |
Thomas Joseph |
15 May 2025 |
| Bring down to the ground |
|
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| Bulldoze |
LA Times Daily |
29 Apr 2025 |
| Tear down and destroy (4) |
|
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| Demolish |
LA Times Daily |
19 Mar 2025 |
| Tear down |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Mar 2025 |
| Reduce to rubble |
Newsday |
09 Mar 2025 |
| Knock down |
Newsday |
07 Feb 2025 |
| Level |
New York Times |
30 Jan 2025 |
| Destroy or burn down; demolish |
|
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| Level to the ground |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Jan 2025 |
| Bring down a building |
Family Time |
12 Jan 2025 |
| Tear down, but it sounds like put up |
|
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| Destroy one god and another when half-cut |
|
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| Tear down |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Nov 2024 |
| Flatten flatfish do we hear? |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Oct 2024 |
| Demolish |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Oct 2024 |
| Demolish |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Sep 2024 |
| Elevate, one hears, and bring to the ground (4) |
|
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| Demolish |
Newsday |
15 Sep 2024 |
| Demolish |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Aug 2024 |
| Verb that sounds like its opposite |
New York Times |
06 Aug 2024 |
| Tear down |
Newsday |
30 Jul 2024 |
| Demolish |
Universal |
17 Jul 2024 |
| Tear down completely |
|
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| Tear down |
Thomas Joseph |
22 May 2024 |
| Demolish |
Wall Street Journal |
16 May 2024 |
| No beginning or end to brazen tear down (4) |
|
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| To demolish completely (4) |
|
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| Bulldoze |
New York Times |
18 Oct 2023 |
| Completely level |
LA Times Daily |
13 Oct 2023 |
| Bulldoze |
LA Times Daily |
24 Aug 2023 |
| Wreck a building to the ground |
Family Time |
21 Aug 2023 |
| Demolish |
LA Times Daily |
12 Aug 2023 |
| Bulldoze |
Newsday |
07 Jul 2023 |
| Take down with a wrecking ball |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jun 2023 |
| Bulldoze |
Universal |
05 Jun 2023 |
| Bulldoze |
Universal |
25 Apr 2023 |
| Pull down |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Feb 2023 |
| Tear down |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Completely level |
Newsday |
17 Sep 2022 |
| Knock down |
Newsday |
15 Sep 2022 |
| Demolish |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Jul 2022 |
| Demolish |
New York Times |
10 Jul 2022 |
| When using Dictaphone, put up level |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Jun 2022 |
| Demolish |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Mar 2022 |
| Flatten |
New York Times |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Homophone and antonym of "raise" |
Universal |
24 Jan 2022 |
| Level |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Jan 2022 |
| Effectively use a wrecking ball |
Family Time |
29 Nov 2021 |
| Demolish |
|
|
| Demolish |
LA Times Daily |
19 Oct 2021 |
| Totally destroy |
|
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| Totally destroy |
LA Times Daily |
30 Sep 2021 |
| Flatten pasture with first cut |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Sep 2021 |
| Level |
|
|
| Level |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jul 2021 |
| Level, as a building |
Universal |
31 May 2021 |
| Tear down |
New York Times |
25 May 2021 |
| Demolish |
|
|
| Tear down |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Dec 2020 |
| Demolish and build, reportedly |
|
|
| Level |
|
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| Level |
LA Times Daily |
26 Nov 2020 |
| Demolish |
LA Times Daily |
29 Sep 2020 |
| Demolish |
|
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| Flatten flatfish, so it's said |
|
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| Lay waste to carbon-free fad |
|
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| Take down |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Aug 2020 |
| Wreck with a ball |
|
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| Wreck with a ball |
LA Times Daily |
23 Aug 2020 |
| Homophone and opposite of 'raise' |
USA Today |
09 Aug 2020 |
| Synonym of 'tear down' that sounds like a synonym of 'build |
USA Today |
03 Jun 2020 |
| Demolish |
Universal |
28 May 2020 |
| Level, as an abandoned building |
LA Times Daily |
18 May 2020 |
| Level, as an abandoned building |
|
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| Bulldoze |
|
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| Bulldoze |
LA Times Daily |
22 Dec 2019 |
| Level with a wrecking ball |
|
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| Level with a wrecking ball |
LA Times Daily |
25 Nov 2019 |
| Tear down and flatten |
|
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| Tear to the ground |
Universal |
22 Oct 2019 |
| Bring down |
New York Times |
12 Oct 2019 |
| Bring down |
|
|
| Bring down the house? |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Sep 2019 |
| Tear down |
Universal |
13 Sep 2019 |
| Destroy |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Sep 2019 |
| Demolish |
New York Times |
14 Aug 2019 |
| Flatten with a bulldozer |
USA Today |
08 Aug 2019 |
| Destroy a building |
|
|
| Use a wrecking ball on |
LA Times Daily |
19 Mar 2019 |
| Use a wrecking ball on |
|
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| Knock down |
Newsday |
14 Mar 2019 |
| Bring to the ground |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jan 2019 |
| Bring down the house? |
Universal |
09 Jan 2019 |
| Tear to the ground |
|
|
| Bring to the ground |
|
|
| Tear down |
|
|
| Bring down the house? |
|
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| Bring down the house? |
|
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| Flatten with a bulldozer |
|
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| Use a wrecking ball on |
|
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| Demolish |
|
|
| Use a wrecking ball on |
USA Today |
12 Dec 2018 |
| Tear down |
Newsday |
25 Sep 2018 |
| Demolish |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Sep 2018 |
| Reduce to rubble |
USA Today |
24 Aug 2018 |
| Tear down |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Aug 2018 |
| Bring down |
LA Times Daily |
12 Aug 2018 |
| Bring down |
|
|
| Knock down |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jul 2018 |
| Fully level |
Newsday |
03 Mar 2018 |
| Bulldoze |
Newsday |
01 Mar 2018 |
| Begin urban renewal |
Universal |
31 Jan 2018 |
| Bring down |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jan 2018 |
| Bring down |
|
|
| Demolish |
|
|
| Knock down |
|
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| Use a wrecking ball on |
|
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| Reduce to rubble |
|
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| Begin urban renewal |
|
|
| Tear down |
|
|
| Demolish, as a building |
|
|
| Tear down and make flat with the ground |
|
|
| Flatten with a bulldozer, perhaps |
USA Today |
04 Sep 2017 |
| Take a wrecking ball to |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Aug 2017 |
| Demolish, as a building |
Family Time |
24 Jul 2017 |
| Tear to the ground |
Newsday |
23 Jul 2017 |
| Tear down, as a building |
Family Time |
11 Jun 2017 |
| Tear down to the ground |
|
|
| Demolish utterly |
|
|
| Flatten with a bulldozer, perhaps |
|
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| Knock flat |
|
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| Level |
|
|
| Completely level |
|
|
| Take a wrecking ball to |
USA Today |
11 Nov 2016 |
| Bring down, as a building |
Premier Sunday |
23 Oct 2016 |
| Level |
New York Times |
19 Oct 2016 |
| Knock flat |
|
|
| Take down |
Newsday |
06 Aug 2016 |
| Bring down the house? |
|
|
| Bring down |
Newsday |
26 Mar 2016 |
| Give a dynamite finish? |
New York Times |
18 Mar 2016 |
| Bring the house down |
Universal |
26 Jan 2016 |
| Flatten |
Premier Sunday |
10 Jan 2016 |
| Bring down the house |
USA Today |
09 Jan 2016 |
| Bring down the house |
|
|
| Level |
|
|
| Knock flat |
|
|
| Bring the house down |
|
|
| Level with Ezra Rock |
|
|
| Completely destroy |
|
|
| Demolish |
Premier Sunday |
15 Nov 2015 |
| Use a wrecking ball on |
Family Time |
12 Oct 2015 |
| Bring down with a big ball |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2015 |
| Demolish |
Newsday |
09 Jul 2015 |
| Bring down the house? |
Family Time |
15 Jun 2015 |
| Knock down, as an old house |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jun 2015 |
| Flatten |
Newsday |
15 May 2015 |
| Use a wrecking ball |
Universal |
15 Apr 2015 |
| Totally destroy |
Newsday |
26 Mar 2015 |
| Demolish, as a building |
LA Times Daily |
16 Feb 2015 |
| Use a wrecking ball |
|
|
| Knock down, as an old house |
|
|
| Demolish, as a building |
|
|
| Bring down with a big ball |
|
|
| Smash flat, as a flat |
|
|
| Demolish |
|
|
| Implode, perhaps |
|
|
| Knock to the ground |
|
|
| Level |
|
|
| Tear down |
|
|
| Bring down, as the house |
|
|
| Totally destroy |
|
|
| Tear down |
|
|
| Knock down |
|
|
| Flatten |
|
|
| Demolish |
|
|
| Scorch the earth |
|
|
| Take down |
|
|
| Flatten |
|
|
| Obliterate |
|
|
| Tear down |
|
|
| Destroy |
|
|
| Subject to an implosion |
|
|
| Completely destroy |
|
|
| Level to the ground |
|
|
| Bulldoze |
|
|
| Level |
|
|
| Bulldoze |
|
|
| Level, as with a wrecking ball |
|
|
| Bulldoze |
|
|
| Level pay increase, by the sound of it (to do with limiting extremes?) |
|
|
| Take down with a wrecking ball |
|
|
| Demolish |
|
|
| Bring down to earth |
|
|
| Take down with a wrecking ball |
|
|
| Pull down |
|
|
| Bring down to earth |
|
|
| Knock down to the ground |
|
|
| Bring down the house? |
|
|
| Completely demolish |
|
|
| Bring the house down? |
|
|
| Completely level |
|
|
| Bring to ground level |
|
|
| Bring down, as a house |
|
|
| Its homonym is its antonym |
|
|
| Bring down, as a house |
|
|
| Take a wrecking ball to |
|
|
| Knock down |
|
|
| Flatten |
|
|
| Tear to the ground |
|
|
| Take down to the ground |
|
|
| Bring down |
|
|
| Level |
|
|
| Fully demolish |
|
|
| Demolish, as a building |
|
|
| Word whose antonym is its own homophone |
|
|
| Reduce to rubble |
|
|
| Take a wrecking ball to |
|
|
| Completely demolish |
|
|
| Demolish completely |
|
|
| Bulldoze |
|
|
| Bring down |
|
|
| Bring the house down? |
|
|
| Reduce to rubble |
|
|
| Tear down |
|
|
| Flatten |
|
|
| Bring down |
|
|
| Tear down |
|
|
| Demolish |
|
|
| Demolish |
|
|
| Flatten |
|
|
| Knock down |
|
|
| Deconstruct? |
|
|
| Bring down the house? |
|
|
| Demolish |
|
|
| Bring down to earth? |
|
|
| Tear down |
|
|
| Use a wrecking ball on |
|
|
| Deconstruct? |
|
|
| Level to the ground |
|
|
| Bring down the house |
|
|
| Tear down |
|
|
| Bring down the house |
|
|
| Flatten |
|
|
| Demolish |
|
|
| Level |
|
|
| Level |
|
|
| Use a wrecking ball on |
|
|
| Take a wrecking ball to |
|
|
| Level |
|
|
| Destroy |
|
|
| Bring down to earth? |
|
|
| Bring down |
|
|
| Tear to the ground |
|
|
| Bulldoze to the ground |
|
|
| Flatten, as an old building |
|
|
| Flatten |
|
|
| Flatten, as an old building |
|
|
| Flatten |
|
|
| Bring down |
|
|
| Tear down |
|
|
| Level |
|
|
| Bring down the house |
|
|
| Level to the ground |
|
|
| Tear down |
|
|
| Burn down |
|
|
| Level |
|
|
| Level with a bulldozer |
|
|
| It's a homophone of its antonym |
|
|
| Implode, perhaps |
|
|
| Reduce to rubble |
|
|
| Knock down |
|
|
| Knock down |
|
|
| Bring down |
|
|
| Destroy |
|
|
| Knock down |
|
|
| Completely demolish |
|
|
| Use a wrecking ball on |
|
|
| Knock down |
|
|
| Knock down |
|
|
| Bulldoze |
|
|
| Dismantle with a wrecking ball |
|
|
| Completely demolish |
|
|
| Tear down |
|
|
| Bring down the house |
|
|
| Knock down |
|
|
| Completely destroy |
|
|
| Burn to the ground |
|
|
| Level |
|
|
| Reduce to rubble |
|
|
| Bring down the house |
|
|
| Unbuild |
|
|
| Bring down the house |
|
|
| Bring down the house |
|
|
| Demolish |
|
|
| Bulldoze |
|
|
| Demolish |
|
|
| Level with a bulldozer |
|
|
| Bring the house down? |
|
|
| Knock down |
|
|
| Bring down |
|
|
| Bring down the house? |
|
|
| Bulldoze |
|
|
| Flatten |
|
|
| Level |
|
|
| Implode |
|
|
| Pull down |
|
|
| Use a wrecking ball on |
|
|
| Bring down the house |
|
|
| Level |
|
|
| Flatten |
|
|
| Destroy |
|
|
| Use a wrecker's ball |
|
|
| Bring down the house |
|
|
| Level |
|
|
| Bring down, as a house |
|
|
| Bring down the house? |
|
|
| Lower a building |
|
|
| Demolish |
|
|
| Demolish completely |
|
|
| Bring the house down |
|
|
| Take to the ground |
|
|
| Bring down the house? |
|
|
| Bring down the house |
|
|
| Lay waste to |
|
|
| Destroy completely |
|
|
| Flatten |
|
|
| Obliterate |
|
|
| Destroy |
|
|
| Level a structure |
|
|
| Flatten a flat |
|
|
| Implode an old building |
|
|
| Use a wrecker's ball |
|
|
| Begin urban renewal |
|
|
| Use a steel ball |
|
|
| Extirpate |
|
|
| Flatten a building |
|
|
| Shave off |
|
|
| Do a bulldozing job |
|
|
| Level flats flat |
|
|
| Destroy. |
|
|
| Bring the house down |
|
|
| Demolish. |
|
|
| Bring to the ground |
|
|
| Bring down the house |
|
|
| Bring down |
|
|
| Utterly destroy. |
|
|
| Tear down. |
|
|
| Level. |
|
|
| Level, in a way. |
|
|
| Use boom and ball. |
|
|
| Overthrow. |
|
|
| Dismantle. |
|
|
| Make room for redevelopment |
|
|
| Level to the ground. |
|
|