tore down; torn down; tearing down; tears down
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: to take apart : disassemble
tear down an engine
Synonyms
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
Recent Examples on the Web
Emilia David, The Verge, 8 Apr. 2024
Yet a similar teardown of a BYD car, just a few years later, revealed the company’s level of technological sophistication was approaching Tesla’s.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 4 Apr. 2024
The deal means the Sharks do not have any more salary retention spots left until the summer of 2025, likely hampering efforts to trade either captain Logan Couture or defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic in the next calendar year if the Sharks want to continue the teardown.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
Bonner said a lot of the teardown and packing up had been done Saturday over about two or three hours after the festival ended.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
Sensing another teardown, Stafford went to ownership and requested a trade, which was quickly granted during Holmes’ first few weeks on the job.
—Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2024
But Arlington Forest has only seen a handful of teardowns.
—Hope Hodge Seck, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
Then, an immediate check for lubrication pressure and temperature ensures no defects that may require a teardown.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 11 Dec. 2023
The videos are essentially full teardowns of each controller.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2023
Ayana Archie, NPR, 25 Apr. 2024
In 1999, when Tommy was 21, the family tore down the old building and rebuilt a new shopping center with the restaurant as the cornerstone.
—Eric Edwards, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
In suburbs such as Herndon, the answer might be tearing down an office complex and replacing it with a residential building.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
Housing projects just east of the L.A. River where Saenz once lived — and allegedly killed — had been torn down.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024
Chasing buyers for empty buildings and industrial sites; and chasing grants to improve parks, spur recycling and tear down blighted property.
—The Enquirer, 9 Apr. 2024
City officials did not disclose why the building was being torn down.
—Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 1 Apr. 2024
In 1904, Elgin’s former mansion was torn down and replaced by the existing structure, a seven-story, Art Nouveau-style apartment building by the same architects as the Savoy Hotel, Thomas Edward Colcutt and his partner, Stanley Hamp.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2024
The process of our engineer Steve more or less tearing down his entire studio, putting it in a truck, and moving it that far away, and then taking it out of the truck, resetting it all up, plugging it back in, hundreds of cables and things—that process in itself would have eaten a week of our time.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 5 Apr. 2024
Noun
This review process often includes a teardown of the gadget so the commission can inspect what’s on the inside.
—Emilia David, The Verge, 8 Apr. 2024
Yet a similar teardown of a BYD car, just a few years later, revealed the company’s level of technological sophistication was approaching Tesla’s.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 4 Apr. 2024
The deal means the Sharks do not have any more salary retention spots left until the summer of 2025, likely hampering efforts to trade either captain Logan Couture or defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic in the next calendar year if the Sharks want to continue the teardown.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
Bonner said a lot of the teardown and packing up had been done Saturday over about two or three hours after the festival ended.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
Sensing another teardown, Stafford went to ownership and requested a trade, which was quickly granted during Holmes’ first few weeks on the job.
—Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2024
But Arlington Forest has only seen a handful of teardowns.
—Hope Hodge Seck, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
Then, an immediate check for lubrication pressure and temperature ensures no defects that may require a teardown.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 11 Dec. 2023
The videos are essentially full teardowns of each controller.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2023
Verb
Boston police broke up an Emerson College encampment Boston police tore down a pro-Palestinian encampment at Emerson College in the early morning hours, clashing with protesters and ultimately taking more than 100 into custody.
—Ayana Archie, NPR, 25 Apr. 2024
In 1999, when Tommy was 21, the family tore down the old building and rebuilt a new shopping center with the restaurant as the cornerstone.
—Eric Edwards, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
In suburbs such as Herndon, the answer might be tearing down an office complex and replacing it with a residential building.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
Housing projects just east of the L.A. River where Saenz once lived — and allegedly killed — had been torn down.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024
Chasing buyers for empty buildings and industrial sites; and chasing grants to improve parks, spur recycling and tear down blighted property.
—The Enquirer, 9 Apr. 2024
City officials did not disclose why the building was being torn down.
—Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 1 Apr. 2024
In 1904, Elgin’s former mansion was torn down and replaced by the existing structure, a seven-story, Art Nouveau-style apartment building by the same architects as the Savoy Hotel, Thomas Edward Colcutt and his partner, Stanley Hamp.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2024
The process of our engineer Steve more or less tearing down his entire studio, putting it in a truck, and moving it that far away, and then taking it out of the truck, resetting it all up, plugging it back in, hundreds of cables and things—that process in itself would have eaten a week of our time.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Teardown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teardown. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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