teardown

See also: tear-down and tear down

English

Deverbal from tear down.

teardown (plural teardowns)

(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.
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.

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

teardown

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