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Discover LudwigThe phrase "was torn open" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe an object or surface being forcefully separated or damaged, often by pulling or ripping. Example: As the tornado passed through the town, windows were shattered, tree branches were torn off, and doors were torn open.
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His cheek was torn open.
In December, this shroud was torn open in a northeaster.
His eye was torn open and the optical nerve laid bare.
He described stumbling out of his shop to see a person whose stomach was torn open, his intestines spilling out.
A special black membrane installed to contain the waste was torn open in at least two spots.
The lid of the coffin was pried off, and the plastic wrap that encased his body was torn open at the head.
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Once, while I was tearing open a PC to substitute a broken hard disk, I found the wrap of a condom inside.
A minute earlier she was tearing open rubbish bags as scraps of food and non-descript liquids dribbled out, and onto her floor length velvet skirt.
Which is odd, because in high school the first thing I did when I bought a CD was tear open the mind-blowingly difficult-to-unravel plastic wrapping, remove the booklet and read the lyrics.
Months later Reddit users surprised a dying man with an influx of letters because his nephew had posted that his ailing uncle's favorite pastime was tearing open mail.
Some were torn open.
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