Act of breaking apart a material by force, without the aid of a cutting tool.
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Attempts to tear open carefully wrapped bundles had succeeded in some cases.
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An invisible world seemed to tear it to pieces in the air.
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Now large numbers are ready to tear away at it... View Article
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And it has no need to tear the flesh from the bones.
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She had told me before he wanted to tear up the family.
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And I ran to tear away the tuft, when the grass replied:
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Behind him the decomposing sentences began to tear open the other spellbooks.
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A noble, and they have called in the CANAILLE to tear him.
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He wanted to tear down institutions and people for fun and profit.
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He threw down the torch and tried to tear off the domino.
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He tried to tear himself free but Ágúst held on to him.
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Methodically, he removed the paper sleeve, taking care not to tear it.
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The tension of the situation had begun to tear at my nerves.
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Then the wind began to tear through the forest with fearful violence.
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Her paper-thin skin seemed likely to tear at the slightest wrong movement.
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But he knew he had no right to tear up the photograph.