tore down; torn down; tearing down; tears down
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: to take apart : disassemble
tear down an engine
Examples of teardown in a Sentence
Verb
vandals tore down the wooden fence blocking the entrance to the beach
the new owners apparently bought the house just to tear it down and build a lavish mansion in its place
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Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
The existing home was a teardown, but the lot and location were just what the couple was searching for.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Sep. 2025
Von said there are elements of Hollywood fame that scare him, including a cycle where people are built up and then torn down.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
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Noun
These teardowns got pretty routine for a while, as Apple settled into a fairly consistent design for iPhones, but the new design of the iPhone Air offered an opportunity for compelling observations.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
The existing home was a teardown, but the lot and location were just what the couple was searching for.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
Months after the plant shuttered in 2013, the university hired a demolition company to tear down the silos, in order to make way for a parking lot.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Sep. 2025
Von said there are elements of Hollywood fame that scare him, including a cycle where people are built up and then torn down.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Teardown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teardown. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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