Antonyms for buildupbuildup

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1. buildupnoun

   Antonyms:
   teardown

2. buildupnoun

   Antonyms:
   teardown

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1. • Accretion
   • Accumulation
   • Promotion

Princeton's WordNet

1. buildupnoun

   the act of building up an accumulation

   "I envied his rapid buildup of assets"; "a military buildup in preparation for the invasion"

2. buildupnoun

   the result of the process of accumulation

   "the buildup of leaves blocked the drain pipes"

3. buildupnoun

   highly favorable publicity and praise

   "his letter of recommendation gave her a terrific buildup"

How to use buildup in a sentence?

1. Amy Simon:

   If you think back to the original Voyager pictures of Uranus, it was just kind of a pale blue ball with nothing on it. You didn’t see clouds, you didn’t see haze, you didn’t see anything … so there was a polar cap then, but we couldn’t see it, what we’ve been watching over time (using Hubble), is this buildup of this high-altitude haze in the atmosphere, and the exact purpose or the exact mechanism behind it, we don’t know, that’s one of the things we’re studying.

2. Carl Schuster:

   The Russians count every ship commissioned, including patrol craft and units coming out of shipyard overhaul, the Russians gives the impression of a major buildup, but only about six of them will be modern warships.

3. Dan Sullivan:

   Meanwhile, in the face of this Russian military buildup, we are significantly reducing Army forces in our nation’s only Arctic state, Alaska. This is a strategic blunder by the Obama administration.

4. Wilbur Ross:

   One of the factors relating to national security would be if you needed a very rapid buildup, are the skill sets there, particularly are the skill sets there for the very complex alloys that are needed for armor plate and things of that sort.

5. The Jane analysts:

   Military personnel would likely arrive at these two bases as part of the rapid expeditionary force buildup currently centered around Latakia.

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