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Synonyms for tear apart


Grammar : Verb

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Définition of tear apart

  • As in abuse : verb attack with words
  • As in rebuke : verb reprimand; criticize harshly
  • As in burst : verb blow up, break out
  • As in censure : verb condemn; criticize severely
Example sentences :
  • Bake brown, tear apart while hot, and fill with fresh peaches crushed with sugar.
  • Extract from : « The Myrtle Reed Cook Book » by Myrtle Reed
  • No animal could tear apart the bales, and, even in the severest storm, no water could reach them.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Cache » by E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill
  • Can one illume a leaden sky,Or tear apart the shadowy veil Thicker than pitch, no star on high,Not one funereal glimmer pale?
  • Extract from : « Baudelaire: His Prose and Poetry » by Charles Baudelaire
  • By raising my elbow to its original position, and using it as a lever, I could tear apart the crushed fibres.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Huntress » by Mayne Reid
  • Under lateral pressure strata may fold to a certain point and then tear apart and fault along the surface of least resistance.
  • Extract from : « The Elements of Geology » by William Harmon Norton
  • In every line it revealed a determined effort to tear apart the great trusts and to put all business on a competitive basis.
  • Extract from : « History of the United States » by Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard
  • Say, round up the gang, will you, while I'm licking some of this stuff into shape for you to tear apart?
  • Extract from : « Spacehounds of IPC » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • He discovered, also, what old stumps to tear apart when he wanted a pleasantly acid tonic dose of the larvæ of the wood-ant.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of the Ancient Wood » by Charles G. D. Roberts

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