teardown
nounEtymology Deverbal from tear down.
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Business, Real estate A well-maintained structure purchased and torn down to make way for a new structure.
- The downtown redevelopment involved numerous teardowns.
- Architect and clients also agreed that a teardown wasn’t an option.2009 February 5, Ernest Beck, “Striped With Light”, in New York Times:
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The process of opening and disassembling a device to inspect, showcase, or refurbish its components.
- Every new shop manual that our team writes is based on a complete teardown.
- Professional teardown reports often cost a few thousand dollars and include component photos, descriptions, comparison tables, and access to an online database of teardown data.2014, Elizabeth Woyke, The Smartphone: Anatomy of an Industry, New Press, The, →ISBN:
- Related terms
- tearoff, tearout, demo, demolition, takedown