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Meanings of torn apart in anglès

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

Usage of torn apart in anglès
1
He said the world would be torn apart by the Dragon's coming.
To the blight: the eye of the world
2
I knew without looking that a sheep had just been torn apart.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
3
How can America sleep at night when families are being torn apart?
The Guardian
4
Then, the far wall was torn apart as if from an explosion.
Halo
5
Between the two of us we'd torn apart about fifteen hundred reports.
Spitting off tall buildings
6
And I believe this... covenant... can mend the places we've torn apart.
Indivisible
7
It can't be tampered with, given away, torn apart or anything else.
The Guardian
8
Their homes have been burned and their families have been torn apart.
News.com.au
9
I was attacked there last night, and my wards got torn apart.
Dead beat
10
The two spend the night only to be torn apart by circumstances.
Reuters
11
Old Rayna had died in his arms, torn apart and yet beatific.
Sisterhood of Dune
12
Schulz spoke mournfully, dreamily, about despair, whoredom, and being torn apart inwardly.
The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein
13
I don't understand why people should meet just to be torn apart.
The War in the Air
14
Families are being torn apart as a result of school closures.
The Daily Telegraph
15
See Sherry told Dwighty-boy the whole story right before she was torn apart.
The Guardian
16
He'd seen this figure yesterday, after he'd watched their wagon being torn apart.
Swan Song
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