Meaning of tear apart | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, apart.
   transitive
2. to destroy
   transitive
3. to cause to separate
   transitive
4. to severely defeat
   figuratively, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“She tore her ex-boyfriend’s clothes apart in fury.”

“The bomb tore apart most of the town hall.”

“Johnny: You are lying! I never hit you! You are tearing me apart, Lisa!”

“Love⟳, love⟳ will tear⟳ us apart again”

“But Celtic could smell⟳ blood and they tore the Reds apart in the 12th minute.”

“That never looked likely and, to the Terriers' credit, they fought hard and defended well at times against a City side capable of tearing apart almost any team at any level.”

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