to tear
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3.4
- verb
- /tɛr/
- This thing is a walking tank and just tears through my halberds.
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Watch on YouTubeI said, well, that's an impressive title and I tore through the book, learned a ton.
- I said, well, that's an impressive title and I tore through the book, learned a ton.
- So like as a football fan, although you smashed United last year, like it's so it's so good to see like a young black English striker tearing up the game at its peak.
Examples
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With typical speed and decisiveness, Napoleon tears up the plan to join Morrow at Innsbruck and orders a pursuit.
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I leave my tent and tear across the compound at a dead run.
Fiction book (1993) -
But when I saw you tearing down the road in that truck...
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Yanking it off the floor, he tears through it like a wild man.
Fiction book (1990) -
The children were laughing as they tore down the hill on their sleds.
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He tore through the crowd to get to the front of the stage.
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She tore past the finish line, breaking her personal record.
Synonyms
228
1.6
To move very quickly in one direction
150
3.6
Move forward quickly, often to attack
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6.8
To move very fast and with great force like a train or meteor
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3.7
A gas that makes people's eyes burn and makes them cry, used by police to break up crowds
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3.0
Slow damage that happens to things like cars or furniture from normal use over time
- Specialized
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7.2
A small pouch near the inner corner of the eye that collects tears before they drain into the nose
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Etymology
Tear (to move very quickly) comes from the same old idea of violent pulling or rushing; imagine someone 'tearing' down the street, which explains why it means to rush with great force.