tearsomethingapart
phrasal verbwithtearverbuk/teər/us/ter/tore|torn
(PULL VIOLENTLY)
topullsomething soviolentlythat itbreaksinto two or morepieces:
Adogcanteararabbitapartinseconds.
Tearing and breaking into pieces
- apart
- asunder
- bobble
- bobbly
- break(something)off
- catch
- crack
- fall apart
- fall to piecesidiom
- fragment
- fragmentation
- fragmented
- frayed
- rip
- splinter
- split
- sunder
- tearsomethingup
- teardown
- torn
(DIVIDE PEOPLE)
C2
to make agroupofpeoplethat wasunited, such as acountry,family, orpoliticalparty,argue, orfightwith each other bydividingit into two or moreparts:
Ethnicrivalriesthreatentotearthiscountryapart.
Heresigned,depressedat the way that thepartywastearingitselfapart.
Separating and dividing
- apheresis
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- clove
- dissociate
- dissociateyourselffromsomething
- dissociation
- disunite
- disunity
- fracture
- hive
- parcel
- polarize
- polarized
- polarizer
- prophase
- pull
- unravel
(DESTROY)
todestroyabuildingorroom:
Theblasthadtornthebuildingapart.
Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- annihilation
- apocalypse
- bash
- bash through (something)
- be sacrificed on the altar ofsomethingidiom
- fall in
- in piecesidiom
- indestructibility
- killsomethingoff
- kill the goose that lays the golden eggidiom
- sacrifice
- self-destruct
- self-devouring
- shred
- sink
- smash
- stave
- stavesomethingin
- tear