Sentence examples for to tear from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(5)

to lay

to demolish

to scrap

to extract

to break

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to tear

verb

To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.

He tore his coat on the nail.

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Her eyes began to tear.

The New York Times - Sports

– to tear one's eyes.

The Guardian - TV & Radio

There's nothing to tear".

The New York Times - Sports

When plans were announced to tear down.

The New Yorker

One piece threatens to tear off.

The Economist

It is impossible to tear oneself away.

Independent

It is hard to tear away.

The New York Times - Arts

He wanted to tear something apart.

The New Yorker

"I never wanted to tear them down.

The New York Times

"We're going to tear it down".

The New York Times

And I had to tear them down".

The New Yorker

More suggestions(15)

to dismantle

to destroy

to rip

to cry

to eliminate

to wear

to annihilate

to uproot

to crying

to fracture

to obliterate

to shatter

to tears

to eliminating

to torn

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