teardown

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See also: tear-down and tear down

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Alternative forms

tear-down

Etymology

Deverbal from tear down.

Noun

teardown (plural teardowns)

  1. (real estate) A well-maintained structure purchased and torn down to make way for a new structure.
    The downtown redevelopment involved numerous teardowns.
    • 2009 February 5, Ernest Beck, “Striped With Light”, in New York Times‎:
      Architect and clients also agreed that a teardown wasn’t an option.
  2. The process of opening and disassembling a device to inspect, showcase, or refurbish its components.
    Synonym: stripdown (noun)
    Antonyms: build (noun), buildup
    Every new shop manual that our team writes is based on a complete teardown.
    • 2014, Elizabeth Woyke, The Smartphone: Anatomy of an Industry, New Press, The, →ISBN:
      Professional teardown reports often cost a few thousand dollars and include component photos, descriptions, comparison tables, and access to an online database of teardown data.

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Verb

teardown

  1. Misspelling of tear down.

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