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Meanings of tear open in English

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Usage of tear open in English
1
Attempts to tear open carefully wrapped bundles had succeeded in some cases.
The Plains of Passage
2
Behind him the decomposing sentences began to tear open the other spellbooks.
Spellwright
3
The flood of light disclosed him trying to tear open an envelope.
The Blue Wall / A Story of Strangeness and Struggle
4
Moreover, to revisit Rome would be to tear open wounds long healed.
The Waters of Edera
5
Why will you tear open the wounds of your heart once more?
Berlin and Sans-Souci; Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends
6
Dee nodded; the creature had used brute strength to tear open the gates.
The Sorceress
7
They tear open and turn out the contents of the cushions.
Cyrano de Bergerac
8
Then they saw the keeper tear open the door and disappear.
The Sowers
9
Please don't tease me. I started to tear open the envelope.
The Door Into Summer
10
I thought this was all over-thatyou would not tear open the wound-
Sheila of Big Wreck Cove: A Story of Cape Cod
11
This is not the time, however, to tear open old wounds.
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War
12
Her hands were shaking so badly she could barely tear open a bag.
The unseen
13
Quite obviously, Furman was not about to tear open the walls to find them.
Ghosts
14
And if the workers are too rough, they might tear open the swollen abdomen?
Dayworld Rebel
15
Thou didst tear open their intestines, and cause the stream to carry them off.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria
16
Ayla grabbed one side and Ranec the other, to tear open the rib cage.
The Mammoth Hunters
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