tear

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, stab; injure, wound

3)

the traumas tore her family apart

Syn:

divide, split, sever, break up, disunite, rupture; literary rend, sunder, cleave

Ant:

unite

4)

Gina tore the book from his hands

Syn:

snatch, grab, seize, rip, wrench, wrest, pull, pluck; informal yank

5) informal

Jack tore down the street

Syn:

sprint, race, run, dart, rush, dash, hasten, hurry, bolt, fly, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, careen, speed, whiz, zoom, go like lightning, go like the wind; informal pelt, scoot, hotfoot it, belt, zip, whip, bomb, hightail it

Ant:

stroll, amble

2. noun

a tear in her dress

- tear down

Syn:

rip, hole, split, slash, slit; snag

II noun

tears in her eyes

- in tears

Syn:

teardrop; drop, droplet