teardown

[ tair-doun ]

noun
  1. a taking apart; disassembly.

  2. a house or other building that is purchased with the intention of tearing it down and replacing it with another, more expensive structure.

Origin of teardown

1
1925–30; noun use of verb phrase tear down

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British Dictionary definitions for tear down

tear down

/ (tɛə) /


verb
  1. (tr, adverb) to destroy or demolish: to tear a wall down; to tear down an argument

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Other Idioms and Phrases with teardown

teardown

Demolish, take apart, as in They tore down the old tenements, or He loved to tear down old engines. [Early 1600s]

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