Meanings
plural teardowns
- businessA well-maintained structure purchased and torn down to make way for a new structure.
The downtown redevelopment involved numerous teardowns.
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Architect and clients also agreed that a teardown wasn’t an option.
2009 February 5, Ernest Beck, “Striped With Light”, in New York Times - 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.
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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
- misspellingMisspelling of tear down.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe process of opening and disassembling a device to inspect, showcase, or refurbish its components.
Origin
Deverbal from tear down.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan desmuntatge
- desmuntatgeThe process of opening and disassembling a device to show its components
Polish zdemolowanie, demolka
- zdemolowanieThe process of opening and disassembling a device to show its components
- demolkaThe process of opening and disassembling a device to show its components
Spanish desmontaje, desensamblaje
- desmontajeThe process of opening and disassembling a device to show its components
- desensamblajeThe process of opening and disassembling a device to show its components
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Cite this entry
teardown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teardown
“teardown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teardown. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teardown,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teardown.
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