tear
verb
us
/ter/ uk
/teər/ tore | torntear verb (PULL APART)
tear verb (HURRY)
[ I + adv/prep ] informal
- speedHe ran back to his car and sped off.
- raceShe raced over and hugged me.
- flyShe flew across the room just in time to stop the baby from falling off the chair.
- beltUK Traffic was belting along the motorway.
- tearA fire truck came tearing down the road.
- streakBullets streaked across the sky.
tear noun [C] (HOLE)
- apart
- asunder
- bobble
- bobbly
- break into pieces
- chip
- crack
- disintegration
- dismantle
- fall apart
- fall to pieces idiom
- fragment
- fragmentation
- rip
- shred
- snag
- splinter
- split
- sunder
- tear something apart
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