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Meanings of to tear apart 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 apart in English
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He directed us to tear apart the car looking for anything wet.
Riding rockets
2
They're used in the demolition business to tear apart sections of scrapped books.
One of our Thursdays is missing
3
He took a slice of bread to tear apart and use as bait.
Stash
4
The intense heat of re-entry cause this gash to tear apart the shuttle.
Wired
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She'd never seen one she hadn't wanted to tear apart.
The Guardian
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They were perfect readers -tearing apart that which was important to tear apart.
The Guardian
7
Never had he so desired to crush, to tear apart, utterly to destroy something.
Gather, Darkness!
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I'd watched them use those same tools to tear apart the caffè's walls and ceiling.
Roast mortem
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Mildred didn't mention her, and anyway, why would Sylvie want to tear apart the bookshop?
Shadow of an angel
10
The conflict threatens to tear apart a nation that only became independent from Sudan in 2011.
Reuters
11
This last I had to tear apart and carry away in pieces, it was so heavy.
The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language / Word-Study ...
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I ran toward them and desperately tried to tear apart their bindings with my small hands.
Mother of the believers: a novel of the birth of islam
13
South Sudan analyst James Copnall investigates the historic enmities threatening to tear apart the world's newest country.
BBC
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It is the closest thing we have to a universal solvent, able to tear apart other compounds.
The Guardian
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He'd been furious that I'd hired Zack to tear apart a kitchen Aidan insisted was perfectly acceptable.
She, myself & i
16
The ship was designed to tear apart small planets and asteroids, mining them of their precious minerals.
Wired