teardown
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]teardown (plural teardowns)
- (real estate) A well-maintained structure purchased and torn down to make way for a new structure.
- The downtown redevelopment involved numerous teardowns.
- 2009 February 5, Ernest Beck, “Striped With Light”, in New York Times[1]:
- Architect and clients also agreed that a teardown wasn’t an option.
- The process of opening and disassembling a device to inspect, showcase, or refurbish its components.
- Synonym: stripdown (noun)
- Antonyms: build (noun), buildup
- Every new shop manual that our team writes is based on a complete teardown.
- 2014, Elizabeth Woyke, The Smartphone: Anatomy of an Industry, New Press, The, →ISBN:
- 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.
Related terms
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[edit]The process of opening and disassembling a device to show its components
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See also
[edit]- (real estate): demo, demolition
- takedown
Verb
[edit]teardown
- Misspelling of tear down.