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Meanings of tearing loose in English

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Usage of tearing loose in English
1
The floor of the bridge buckled, tearing loose of the shore.
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
2
Wrenching agony announced the tearing loose of his thigh bone from his hip socket.
Forge of Darkness
3
She picked at the edge of the coverlet, tearing loose a tuft of wool.
Celtic fire
4
She was ripping open Anne's flesh and tearing loose the child in bloody shreds.
A Stir of Echoes
5
It felt as though his left shoulder was tearing loose, but he held his grip.
Hunters Out of Space
6
He realized it now because he knew that was what he had felt tearing loose.
To the blight: the eye of the world
7
Now the story was tearing loose.
Year's best sf 15
8
The bushes are tearing loose.
Canoe Boys and Campfires; Or, Adventures on Winding Waters
9
The tiger's claws stuck in the trunk of the tree, tearing loose some bits of bark, but Mappo was not hurt.
Mappo, the Merry Monkey: His Many Adventures
10
She was breaking up, her heavy artillery tearing loose to add to the horror and agony of those still trapped below.
Success to the Brave
11
William lifted his nose and brayed as if he were tearing loose all his vitals and the operation hurt like the mischief.
Casey Ryan
12
It always seemed rather like tearing loose something within her, something important that was meant to stay where it had been fixed.
V. V.'s Eyes
13
The Clydesdale's flailing hooves struck another horse, and soon the whole pack of draft animals were screaming and kicking and tearing loose.
Rot & ruin
14
A shell splinter struck his shoulder, tearing loose the leather garment, while a searing, hot agony seized him, paralyzing his left arm.
Our Pilots in the Air
15
The stream or river which is flooded by these rushing waters roars down its narrow channel, tearing loose and undermining the jutting banks.
The School Book of Forestry
16
Harod heard sounds coming from inside Luhar as if muscles in the man's body were tearing loose like piano wires stretched beyond their limits.
Carrion comfort
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