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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Sam Amick, New York Times, 9 July 2025
With the teardown, PRCP is attracting new retail along the perimeter, particularly health and wellness tenants, including a yoga studio with access to the open space for outdoor classes.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 30 June 2025
Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
This development calls for better coordination between cloud providers and the security community to detect, report, and tear down abuse infrastructure before it’s weaponized.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
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Noun
If a title-contending team underperforms — or gets wrecked by injury like the Boston Celtics did with Jayson Tatum’s Achilles tendon tear in May — then the threat of a necessary teardown looms large.
—Sam Amick, New York Times, 9 July 2025
With the teardown, PRCP is attracting new retail along the perimeter, particularly health and wellness tenants, including a yoga studio with access to the open space for outdoor classes.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 30 June 2025
Verb
By then, the city had been built and torn down more than once, leaving remnants of past communities buried under new layers.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
This development calls for better coordination between cloud providers and the security community to detect, report, and tear down abuse infrastructure before it’s weaponized.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
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“Teardown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teardown. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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