PULLING DOWN Synonyms: 224 Similar and Opposite Words

pulling down

verb

present participle of pull down

as in destroying

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of a powerful storm pulled down the old fishing shack, which had been immortalized in countless paintings

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as in demolishing

to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces an ugly billboard that was eventually pulled down

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as in earning

to receive as return for effort he's pulling down six figures at that job

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Recent Examples of pulling down The pressure improved in the second half with edge Seth Coleman-Lyles and defensive lineman Cam Riley pulling down quarterback Brandon Allen for the only sack of the game. — Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2026 The teenage girls alerted police of the incident, in which the suspect allegedly attempted to engage the girls in conversation while pulling down his pants and masturbating in the driver’s seat of his vehicle, police said. — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 6 Aug. 2026 In Contra Costa County, police in El Cerrito are pulling down its cameras over the next several weeks after the City Council last week ended its contract with Flock following public outcry over the technology, NBC Bay Area reported. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2026 San Jose police officials released 17 minutes of security footage showing vandals brazenly breaking into the Vietnamese Heritage Garden last month and pulling down a nine-foot monument depicting a South Vietnamese soldier. — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 8 July 2026 Good for hugging and pulling down rebounds in pickup basketball. — Literary Hub, 6 July 2026 That goes triple for NBA players and their teams, because your partner likely isn’t pulling down eight figures annually. — David Aldridge, New York Times, 2 July 2026 Good to see that the additional stock supply isn’t pulling down the market. — Jeff Marks,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 15 June 2026 Chicago area still cleaning up after Wednesday storms All this is happening on the heels of a day where storms wreaked havoc all around the Chicago area, pulling down trees and power lines and leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power. — Laura Bannon, CBS News, 11 June 2026

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After destroying much of Gaza and killing tens of thousands of Palestinians, Israel has regained military control of nearly 70 percent of the strip.

— Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2026
But if firms lean on AI to cut lower-level work, the risk is destroying the very avenue of apprenticeship that produces future senior associates and managers.

— Tim Brackney, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of destroying

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Following the attack, the Israeli military began forcing Palestinian families to leave their homes in parts of the city as forces began demolishing homes and businesses.

— Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026
Photographs from Hebron showed Israeli bulldozers demolishing at least one Palestinian building.

— Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of demolishing

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The native of Plainview, Texas, quickly emerged as one of the most dynamic running backs of the 1970s, earning a Pro Bowl selection and leading the Rams in rushing each year from 1973 to 1977 in coach Chuck Knox’s productive offense.

— Greg Beacham, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
The estimate models a married, two-earner couple with one child earning the national median family income of $99,999.

— Martie Bowser, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026

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The song is a cautionary tale about a brothel in New Orleans known for ruining many poor girls.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
As wet electrodes get thicker, the liquid binder migrates unevenly during drying, ruining the battery‘s structure.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of ruining

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In the story, Ria teams up with her foster mother and their fellow punks to resist a merciless developer intent on tearing down their building.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026
Whether the commenter ever followed through on the challenge is still unclear, but SZA had something to say to people who think tearing down someone else’s artwork is worth a lot of their time.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of tearing down

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Fresh off a red-eye flight after winning his fourth Hugo Award, Scalzi stopped by to chat with us about his newest novel, Monsters of Ohio.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
Their Tale of Two Cities package for an overnight stay at The Wilder Townhouse, plus an overnight stay in its award-winning sister property, The Montenotte Hotel, in Cork.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of winning

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Not since the Tesla Cybertruck made its glass-shattering debut in 2019 has a vehicle’s unveiling proven as polarizing as the Luce event.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2026
The move came after a fireball erupted at this past New Year’s event, shattering windows and injuring a child in downtown Boise.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 21 Oct. 2026

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