Definition of "teardown" [teardown]

• The act or process of taking apart or demolishing. (noun)
• A building that is to be torn down and replaced with another, often larger building. (noun)

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• "Dell teased us with the Mini 5 aka Streak MID at the CES and now thanks to this teardown from the Vietnamese site, we know few more important details."
• "Empty lots, marked by the telltale Dumpsters and mounds of dirt rising 20 feet high, are becoming a common sight again after a slowdown in so-called teardown activity during the recession."
• "The replacement strings (actually, the the replacements are steel guitar strings of the appropriate diameter, and steel strings can produce a *lot* of tension) still haven't settled down to being fully stable (about 1/2 of the strings from before the teardown were the originals, and had not needed to be replaced before this)"