tear+to+pieces
51tear — I 1. verb 1) I tore up the letter Syn: rip up, rip in two, pull to pieces, shred 2) his flesh was torn Syn: lacerate, cut (open), gash, slash, scratch, hack, pierce …
52tear apart — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms tear apart : present tense I/you/we/they tear apart he/she/it tears apart present participle tearing apart past tense tore apart past participle torn apart 1) to make someone feel very sad, upset, or worried… …
53tear — 1. verb 1) your shirt s torn Syn: rip, split, slit, pull apart, pull to pieces, shred, rupture, sever 2) his flesh was torn Syn: lacerate, cut (open), gash …
54tear along — verb a) To run quickly along somewhere. b) To break something into two pieces by separating at a line of perforations …
55ˌtear sth aˈpart — phrasal verb to damage or destroy something completely by breaking it into pieces The building was torn apart by the explosion.[/ex] …
56ˌtear sth ˈup — phrasal verb to destroy something such as a piece of paper or cloth by pulling it into pieces I tore up all the photos of my ex boyfriend.[/ex] …
57tear someone or something up — tv. to rip omeone or something to pieces. □ The two drunks tore the bar up the best they could. CD The dog tore up the robber, and the robber sued …
58pick to pieces — Synonyms and related words: atomize, break to pieces, carp, catch at straws, cavil, cleave, cut up, defoliate, demolish, denude, disassemble, disintegrate, dismantle, dismember, draw and quarter, fault find, find fault, flay, fragment, lacerate,… …
59to-tear — /tə , tŭ tārˈ/ transitive verb (pap (Spenser) to torneˈ) To tear in pieces ORIGIN: Pfx to asunder, and ↑tear2 …
60To tear a cat — Tear Tear (t[^a]r), v. t. [imp. {Tore} (t[=o]r), ((Obs. {Tare}) (t[^a]r); p. p. {Torn} (t[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tearing}.] [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS. farterian to destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear, zehren to… …
