Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Demolish

Ruin

The most appropriate synonym of the given word demolish is ruin.

• Demolish means to destroy or tear down something completely.
• Ruin means to destroy or damage something so badly that it is no longer usable or valuable.

The two words are similar in that they both suggest the idea of destroying something. However, the word demolish has a more specific meaning that is focused on tearing something down completely, while the word ruin has a more general meaning that is focused on destroying something so badly that it is no longer usable or valuable.

The other words on the list are not as appropriate synonyms for demolish. The word create means to bring something into existence, the word fabricate means to make something up or to create something that is not real, and the word shape means to give something a particular form or outline. These words do not convey the same sense of destroying something as the word demolish.