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Tearing   /tˈɛrɪŋ/  /tˈɪrɪŋ/   Listen
Tearing

noun
1.
Shedding tears.  Synonyms: lachrymation, lacrimation, watering.
adjective
1.
Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid.  Synonyms: fierce, trigger-happy, vehement, violent.  "In a tearing rage" , "Vehement dislike" , "Violent passions"


Tear

verb
(past tore, obs. tare; past part. torn; pres. part. tearing)
1.
Separate or cause to separate abruptly.  Synonyms: bust, rupture, snap.  "Tear the paper"
2.
To separate or be separated by force.
3.
Move quickly and violently.  Synonyms: buck, charge, shoot, shoot down.  "He came charging into my office"
4.
Strip of feathers.  Synonyms: deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, pull.  "Pluck the capon"
5.
Fill with tears or shed tears.



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"Tearing" Quotes from Famous Books



... temper, and she took the shawl. Nicholas was, doubtless, in a generous mood; for, tearing off with his teeth two of the handsomest handkerchiefs, he threw them to Francois ...
— The Mysteries of Paris V2 • Eugene Sue
... Hemp, as he ran after them, tearing through the underbrush. "I knew we were being spied on! Come ...
— The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast • Victor Appleton
... on account of the four-ounce ration; two thirds of the citizens do without it. One woman, on seeing the excitement of her husband and her four children who had been without bread for two days, trailed through the gutter tearing her hair and striking her head; she then got up in a state of fury and attempted to ...
— The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 4 (of 6) - The French Revolution, Volume 3 (of 3) • Hippolyte A. Taine
... and one and three-quarters inches wide. Cut the back piece about nineteen inches long, so as to allow for a flap eight inches long to fold over the top and down the front. Sew the strap on the upper corners of the back piece, having first sewed a facing inside, to prevent its tearing out the back. ...
— How to Camp Out • John M. Gould
... tiger were the next combatants: they attacked furiously, the tiger springing at the first onset on the other's head, and tearing his neck severely; but he was quickly dismounted, and thrown with such violence as nearly to break his back, and quite to disable him ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 19, - Issue 549 (Supplementary issue) • Various


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