All construct antonyms

verb construct

• knock down — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
• take apart — into pieces or parts; to pieces: to take a watch apart; an old barn falling apart from decay.
• destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
• ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
• disarrange — to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
• disorder — lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
• disorganize — to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
• demolish — To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
• raze — to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• lessen — to become less.
• demote — If someone demotes you, they give you a lower rank or a less important position than you already have, often as a punishment.
• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• annihilate — To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
• dismantle — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
• depress — If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.