1
as in ripping
to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it
angrily tore the letter to shreds
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2
as in yanking
to separate or remove by forceful pulling
tore the book from his hand
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3
as in hurrying
to proceed or move quickly
she tore out of the room as soon as the phone started to ring
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Recent Examples of tearing
Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Ten months after tearing his right knee’s anterior cruciate ligament, Hufanga made his season debut last Sunday, recording seven tackles and playing 53-of-58 defensive snaps in a 27-24 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
And tearing her down isn't the solution for positive change.
—Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 27 Sep. 2024
The disassembly process for the Pro phones is mostly the same as before, but thankfully, there's been a redesign that reduces the risk of damaging the OLED panel when tearing the phone down.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
Verb
She was limited to buying boys’ basketball shoes as a high schooler in the 2010s before tearing her ACL.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Ten months after tearing his right knee’s anterior cruciate ligament, Hufanga made his season debut last Sunday, recording seven tackles and playing 53-of-58 defensive snaps in a 27-24 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
And tearing her down isn't the solution for positive change.
—Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 27 Sep. 2024
The disassembly process for the Pro phones is mostly the same as before, but thankfully, there's been a redesign that reduces the risk of damaging the OLED panel when tearing the phone down.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tearing
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Wildfires are typically regarded as a summer event, ripping through forests and homes in the hotter months.Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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Find out more tips, plus recommendations for tights that are less prone to ripping.Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
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One spring day in Paris many years ago, my wife, Diana, a most penetrating photographer, capable of seeing like no one else, decided, as an experiment, to walk across the city blindfolded.Hisham Matar, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
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Since the war began in Gaza, more than six months ago, the Israeli magazine +972 has published some of the most penetrating reporting on the Israel Defense Forces’ conduct.Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
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Looking ahead, its beer business should continue grabbing market share and its hard to imagine the wine-and-spirits unit getting much worse.Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
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A day could include grabbing cardamom snurrer at a bakery in Østerbro, poking around the design shops of Frederiksstaden, stopping for a dip at one of the harbor's swimming spots, and ending up at a biodynamic wine bar in Christianshavn.Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Oct. 2024
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The sketch seemed to be SNL’s attempt to balance the cold open’s levity with a more biting tone about the wearying stakes of deciding the nation’s leadership.Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2024
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Will Ari craft a biting lyric finally addressing it?Catherine Santino, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Some of the most piercing instances in Emilia’s journey rely on Audiard’s penchant for indelible imagery.Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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On a separate platform to the right of the action, three male chanters sit in a neat row, next to men playing the shamisen, a stringed instrument with a raw and piercing tone which is often used in vocal accompaniment.Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Verb
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Most novelists freely pump the gas and the brakes, zipping through the boring bits to get to the good ones, but his pacing is remorselessly steady, the metronome locked at 60, one second per second.Lev Grossman, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
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Quanta Magazine caught up with him a couple of times this year over Zoom to hear why space-time might be fundamental after all, and what the symmetries of the particles zipping around in it might suggest.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
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The driving rats project has opened new and unexpected doors in my behavioral neuroscience research lab.Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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Modern cars have almost unilaterally replaced dashboards full of tactile knobs with sleek, iPad-like digital displays, despite concerns these alluring devices might be making distracted driving worse.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
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The jumping-for-beef gag is meme magic in itself — and has helped the Parkour Civilization phenomenon blow up on X (formerly Twitter) in recent days.Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
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Nighttime experiences are spookier, with darker lighting and characters in scary masks jumping out to startle visitors.Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Tearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tearing. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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