teardown

See also: tear-down and tear down

English

Alternative forms

tear-down

Etymology

Deverbal from tear down.

Noun

teardown (plural teardowns)

1. (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:

     Architect and clients also agreed that a teardown wasn’t an option.

2. 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

• tearoff
• tearout

Translations

The process of opening and disassembling a device to show its components

Catalan: desmuntatge (ca) m Spanish: desmontaje m, desensamblaje m

See also

• (real estate): demo, demolition
• takedown

Verb

teardown

1. Misspelling of tear down.

Anagrams

• danewort, downrate