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Meanings of to tear in English

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

Usage of to tear in English
1
Attempts to tear open carefully wrapped bundles had succeeded in some cases.
The Plains of Passage
2
An invisible world seemed to tear it to pieces in the air.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
3
Now large numbers are ready to tear away at it... View Article
The new yorker
4
And it has no need to tear the flesh from the bones.
Swiss Family Robinson
5
She had told me before he wanted to tear up the family.
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
6
And I ran to tear away the tuft, when the grass replied:
The Pearl Box / Containing One Hundred Beautiful Stories for You...
7
Behind him the decomposing sentences began to tear open the other spellbooks.
Spellwright
8
A noble, and they have called in the CANAILLE to tear him.
The House of the Wolf: A Romance
9
He wanted to tear down institutions and people for fun and profit.
NY Magazine
10
He threw down the torch and tried to tear off the domino.
The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross / Or, Amateur The...
11
He tried to tear himself free but Ágúst held on to him.
Arctic chill
12
Methodically, he removed the paper sleeve, taking care not to tear it.
The last testament
13
The tension of the situation had begun to tear at my nerves.
The Little Nugget
14
Then the wind began to tear through the forest with fearful violence.
Four Boy Hunters; Or, The Outing of the Gun Club
15
Her paper-thin skin seemed likely to tear at the slightest wrong movement.
Darkest Mercy
16
But he knew he had no right to tear up the photograph.
The Young Lions