Usage of "to tear" | TermGallery

Act of breaking apart a material by force, without the aid of a cutting tool.

Ús de to tear en anglès

Attempts to tear open carefully wrapped bundles had succeeded in some cases. 
 The Plains of Passage 

An invisible world seemed to tear it to pieces in the air. 
 The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V... 

Now large numbers are ready to tear away at it... View Article 
 The new yorker 

And it has no need to tear the flesh from the bones. 
 Swiss Family Robinson 

She had told me before he wanted to tear up the family. 
 Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? 

And I ran to tear away the tuft, when the grass replied: 
 The Pearl Box / Containing One Hundred Beautiful Stories for You... 

Behind him the decomposing sentences began to tear open the other spellbooks. 
 Spellwright 

A noble, and they have called in the CANAILLE to tear him. 
 The House of the Wolf: A Romance 

He wanted to tear down institutions and people for fun and profit. 
 NY Magazine 

He threw down the torch and tried to tear off the domino. 
 The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross / Or, Amateur The... 

He tried to tear himself free but Ágúst held on to him. 
 Arctic chill 

Methodically, he removed the paper sleeve, taking care not to tear it. 
 The last testament 

The tension of the situation had begun to tear at my nerves. 
 The Little Nugget 

Then the wind began to tear through the forest with fearful violence. 
 Four Boy Hunters; Or, The Outing of the Gun Club 

Her paper-thin skin seemed likely to tear at the slightest wrong movement. 
 Darkest Mercy 

But he knew he had no right to tear up the photograph. 
 The Young Lions 

Significats de to tear en anglès