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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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Whether the Browns resist or embrace a teardown in the coming months, Teller is one of several players who could get an extension and/or restructure to help the team clear 2025 cap space.
—Zac Jackson, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a bigot who tore down and discarded four religious Hindu flags hanging in front of a Queens home.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
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Noun
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
Whether the Browns resist or embrace a teardown in the coming months, Teller is one of several players who could get an extension and/or restructure to help the team clear 2025 cap space.
—Zac Jackson, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
In a thousand-page decision, the Court provided no evidence that a temple had been destroyed to build the mosque, and acknowledged that the mosque had been torn down by an angry mob.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a bigot who tore down and discarded four religious Hindu flags hanging in front of a Queens home.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Teardown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teardown. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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