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tear

Main Entry: ¹tear

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): tore, torn, tearing

Language: English

transitive verb

1 rip : desgarrar, romper, rasgar (tela) <to tear to pieces : hacer pedazos>
2 or to tear apart divide : dividir
3 remove : arrancar <torn from his family : arrancado de su familia>
4 to tear down : derribar

intransitive verb

1 rip : desgarrarse, romperse
2 rush : ir a gran velocidad <she went tearing down the street : se fue como rayo por la calle>

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