teardown
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Definition of teardown
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tear down
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Synonyms & Antonyms for teardown
Synonyms: Verb
annihilate, cream, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, extinguish, nuke, pull down, pulverize, raze, rub out, ruin, shatter, smash, total, vaporize, waste, wrack, wreck
Antonyms: Verb
build, construct, erect, put up, raise, rear, set up
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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 placeRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
Living adjacent to a complete teardown and rebuild once is something no one goes looking for. — Matthias Gafni, SFChronicle.com, "New $15 million mansion sells in Hillsborough. Dream home? Nope, teardown," 30 Aug. 2019 According to multiple teardowns, the new model features between 4.5 and 9 hours of battery life, up from the 2.5 to 6.5 range of the original. — Andrew Webster, The Verge, "Nintendo denies reports of trade-in program for new, upgraded Switch models," 17 Aug. 2019 In addition to improving triggering reliability, DeWille's controller system was extremely quick to teardown. — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, "How an Alabama company made Kiss pyro and fake blood," 28 July 2019 The hinge area, which Samsung had been particularly proud of in early briefings, is said to be strengthened, and the gap between the hinge and body of the Fold—which a teardown revealed is really two phone bodies bridged into one—has been reduced. — Lauren Goode, WIRED, "The Galaxy Fold Has Been Fixed, Samsung Says," 24 July 2019 Further Reading iFixit’s Samsung Galaxy Fold teardown reveals how the phone is dying Samsung doesn't have an exact launch date nailed down yet, saying only that the phone will arrive sometime in September. — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, "Samsung details Galaxy Fold fixes, promises re-launch in September," 25 July 2019 His skill set also makes sense playing off of Blake Griffin, who’s under contract through 2021-22 and whose presence will probably prevent Detroit from going full teardown. — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, "2019 NBA Mock Draft 10.0: Anthony Davis Trade Shakes Up the Lottery," 17 June 2019 The Highland Park City Council now has the authority to reverse teardown delays imposed by the Historic Preservation Commission. — Karen Berkowitz, chicagotribune.com, "Highland Park expands appeal options for historic home teardown delays," 26 June 2018 Orioles fans already have suffered through the worst of the teardown, watching Manny Machado, Zack Britton, Kevin Gausman and Jonathan Schoop disappear at this time last year. — Peter Schmuck, baltimoresun.com, "After quiet trade deadline, it’s time for Orioles to consider keeping Trey Mancini long-term," 31 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'teardown.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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