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builddown

noun

Etymology

From build + down.

  1. derived from *dʰewh₂-✻
  2. derived from *dūnom✻
  3. derived from *dʰewh₂-✻ — “smoke, haze, dust”
  4. inherited from *dūnaz✻
  5. inherited from *dūnā✻ — “sandhill, dune”
  6. inherited from dūn
  7. inherited from doune
  8. compounded as builddown — “build + down”

Definitions

  1. A systematic, gradual reduction in the number of something (especially nuclear weapons),…

    A systematic, gradual reduction in the number of something (especially nuclear weapons), normally by destroying more than are built.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for builddown. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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