tore down; torn down; tearing down; tears down
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: to take apart : disassemble
tear down an engine
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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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Richard Olsen, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
YouTuber Austin Evans spotted the changes in a teardown of the new models and reported that the shrunken chip allows the new Xbox Series X models to run around 10 watts less than the original model at idle.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2024
Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
The Evil Empire, Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall, that whole thing.
—Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2024
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Noun
In Chicago, one of America’s great architectural cities, instances of teardowns represent what little new custom single-family projects get designed and built from the ground up today.
—Richard Olsen, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
YouTuber Austin Evans spotted the changes in a teardown of the new models and reported that the shrunken chip allows the new Xbox Series X models to run around 10 watts less than the original model at idle.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2024
Verb
Its owners — who plan to tear down and redevelop the site — have repeatedly boarded it up and tried to keep it secure, a city official said Monday, but people still broke in.
—Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
The Evil Empire, Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall, that whole thing.
—Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Teardown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teardown. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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