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tearer

tearer

1 8.1
A machine or person that rips things into pieces
  • noun
  • /ˈtɪrər/
translation icon : desgarrador
  • - But I'm the ticket-taker/ ticket-tearer.

Examples

  • The ticket tearer had grabbed my ticket, torn it, and returned it to me.

    Blog text (3)

  • I am ripper, tearer, slasher, gouger.

    Beowulf (2007)

  • Because my focus is much more locked on entertaining my friends than paying attention to where I'm backwardly walking, I only see the ticket tearer in my periphery.

    Blog text (3)

  • The tearer quickly ripped the paper to let us enter the event.

  • As the tearer swiftly processed tickets, the line moved faster than expected.

  • She watched as the tearer efficiently handled all the admission tickets.

Synonyms

ripper
vstearer
7 5.7

A person or tool that tears things away forcefully

is general tearing that may be less forceful or complete
lacer
vstearer
  • NSFW
9.9

A person or thing that cuts and tears skin and other material

is general tearing not focused on flesh or cutting

Antonyms

builder
111 1.0

A person or company that organizes and supervises building work

mender
1 3.2

A person who fixes clothes or shoes

Surface Forms

tearer singular
tearers plural

Morphology

tearer = tear (transparent) = tear + er

Regular agentive formation from the verb 'tear' (rip) to mean 'one who tears'.

Etymology

Tearer comes from the part tear meaning 'to rip' and the ending -er meaning 'one who does something', like baker. So a tearer is a person or machine that rips things apart.