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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Brett Samuels, The Hill, 5 May 2025
College sports’ future financial structure remains uncertain as legal proceedings and legislative discussion continue amid the teardown of existing NCAA oversight.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Marie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
As a result, homes and municipal buildings have aged and deteriorated but were not torn down and replaced.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
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Noun
Martini likened the project to a teardown that would require the Alcatraz facility to be rebuilt from the ground up.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 5 May 2025
College sports’ future financial structure remains uncertain as legal proceedings and legislative discussion continue amid the teardown of existing NCAA oversight.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
Spence said Casey’s plans to tear down and replace the existing fence, but did not say at what height.
—Marie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
As a result, homes and municipal buildings have aged and deteriorated but were not torn down and replaced.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
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“Teardown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teardown. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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