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11tear — vb Tear, rip, rend, split, cleave, rive can all mean to separate forcibly one part of a continuous material or substance from another, or one object from another with which it is closely and firmly associated. Tear implies pulling apart or away… …
12tear (or pull) someone/thing to pieces — criticize someone or something harshly. → piece …
13tear your hair out — tear/pull/your hair out informal phrase to feel very worried or very annoyed about something because you do not know what to do about it Thesaurus: to be, or to become angry or annoyedsynonym to worry or feel nervous about somethingsynonym …
14tear apart someone — tear apart (someone/something) 1. to severely criticize someone or something. The critics tore apart his first novel, but he never gave up and finally achieved great success. His teachers tore him apart for cheating on the test. 2. to hurt… …
15tear apart something — tear apart (someone/something) 1. to severely criticize someone or something. The critics tore apart his first novel, but he never gave up and finally achieved great success. His teachers tore him apart for cheating on the test. 2. to hurt… …
16tear apart — (someone/something) 1. to severely criticize someone or something. The critics tore apart his first novel, but he never gave up and finally achieved great success. His teachers tore him apart for cheating on the test. 2. to hurt someone or… …
17pull — [v1] drawing something with force cull, dislocate, drag, evolve, extract, gather, haul, heave, jerk, lug, paddle, pick, pluck, remove, rend, rip, row, schlepp*, sprain, strain, stretch, take out, tear, tow, trail, truck, tug, twitch, uproot,… …
18tear to pieces — ► tear (or pull) to pieces criticize harshly. Main Entry: ↑piece …
19tear at something — ˈtear at sth derived to pull or cut sth violently so that it tears • He tore at the meat with his bare hands. Main entry: ↑tearderived …
20pull down — [v] destroy; knock over annihilate, bulldoze, decimate, demolish, destruct, dismantle, let down, lower, raze, remove, ruin, take down, tear down, wreck; concept 252 Ant. build, construct …
