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tear: the act of tearing; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear"; a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands; "his story brought tears to her eyes"; fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing"; to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"; separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"; move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

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disassemble collapse: take apart into its constituent pieces

wrack up collapse

defoliate collapse: deprived of leaves; strip the leaves or branches from; "defoliate the trees with pesticides"

take apart collapse

draw and quarter collapse

unmake collapse: deprive of certain characteristics

dismantle collapse

dismember collapse: separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist"; divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"

sunder collapse: break apart or in two, using violence

mangle collapse: clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers; alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"; press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets"

light out collapse

tear to pieces collapse

tear apart collapse

pick to pieces collapse

denude collapse: lay bare; "denude a forest"

flay collapse: strip the skin off

demolish collapse: defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"; destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"

ball the jack collapse

catch at straws collapse

pulverize collapse

maim collapse: injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"

rend collapse: tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

vandalize collapse: destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; "vandalize the park"

carp collapse: any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae; the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised

brutalize collapse: become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling; make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him"; treat brutally

mutilate collapse: destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies"; destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"

sobbing collapse

lacerate collapse: having edges that are jagged from injury; irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; "lacerate leaves"; cut or tear irregularly; deeply hurt the feelings of; distress; "his lacerating remarks"

shatter collapse: break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered"; break into many pieces; "shatter the plate"

nitpick collapse: be overly critical; criticize minor details

tear out collapse

pettifog collapse

step on it collapse

pour it on collapse

whimpering collapse

teardrop collapse: anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring)

zing collapse: a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound; "the zing of the passing bullet"

cleave collapse: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"; make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"

highball collapse: a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass

rive collapse

last

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