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tearer

Variant of tear

transitive verb tore, torn, tearing

  1. to pull apart or separate into pieces by force; rip or rend (cloth, paper, etc.)
  2. to make or cause by tearing or puncturing: to tear a hole in a dress
  3. to wound by tearing; lacerate: skin torn and bruised
  4. to force apart or divide into factions; disrupt; split: ranks torn by dissension
  5. to divide with doubt, uncertainty, etc.; agitate; torment: a mind torn between duty and desire
  6. to remove by or as by tearing, pulling, etc.: with up, out, away, off, etc.: to tear a plant up by its roots, to tear oneself away

intransitive verb

  1. to be torn
  2. to move violently or with speed; dash

noun

  1. the act of tearing
  2. the result of a tearing; torn place; rent
  3. a rushing pace; great hurry
  4. wear and tear
  5. Slang a carousal; spree

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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