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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Zach Harper, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
But the international project should be a renovation, not a teardown.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2017
Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2025
Voters agreed to create the Denver Urban Renewal Authority and tax themselves to tear down 30 blocks of existing buildings in the hopes that developers would fill the blank slates with modern structures.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
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Noun
And Miami wouldn’t be using the Butler deal as a teardown in this scenario.
—Zach Harper, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
But the international project should be a renovation, not a teardown.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2017
Verb
Most Popular Most Popular This beachfront condo building was bought and torn down in South Florida.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2025
Voters agreed to create the Denver Urban Renewal Authority and tax themselves to tear down 30 blocks of existing buildings in the hopes that developers would fill the blank slates with modern structures.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Teardown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teardown. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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