Synonyms for tearing
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : teer-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɪər ɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for tearing Other synonyms for the word tearing
- boil
- bolt
- career
- charge
- claw
- cleave
- course
- dart
- dash
- evulse
- extract
- fly
- fray
- frazzle
- gallop
- gash
- hurry
- impair
- incise
- jigsaw
- lacerate
- lash
- mutilate
- pluck
- pull apart
- race
- rend
- ribbon
- rift
- rive
- run
- rupture
- rush
- scratch
- seize
- separate
- sever
- shoot
- shred
- slash
- slit
- snatch
- speed
- split
- spring
- sunder
- wrench
- wrest
- yank
- zoom
Définition of tearing
Origin :- 1650s, mainly in American English, from tear (n.1). Related: Teared; tearing. Old English verb tæherian did not survive into Middle English.
- verb cut, rip an object
- verb move very fast
- The fingers thrust at his throat—he seemed to be tearing his own flesh.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- He attacks it as a bull a red cloak, goring it, stamping on it, tearing it to shreds.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- He was fighting, tearing at a live thing that was striking at him.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- The Mercutian spun half around with the force of the tearing bullet.
- Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
- The magazine writers were "tearing off copy," the painters were simply "slapping it down."
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- A bell rang in the house, loudly, persistently, tearing its silence.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- The last that was seen of them they were tearing down a ravine.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- Then there were other animals sticking to his shoulders, tearing his back with their claws.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- In the forests the loggers were tearing and slashing into all but the remnant of the 96 timber.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- Legally, I should be justified in tearing it up and throwing it into the fire.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
Antonyms for tearing
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