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teardown
 n.— «A million-dollar “teardown,” real estate parlance for buying a home for the land or the view, is a new thing in Tacoma.» —“New owner bulldozes 1925 mansion” by Barbara Clements News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington) May 19, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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