tore away; torn away; tearing away; tears away
: to remove (someone, such as oneself) reluctantly
Examples of tearaway in a Sentence
Noun
a gang of teenage tearaways
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Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Folding cardboard kiosks in employee breakrooms with a tearaway pad to submit ideas to corporate.
—Elizabeth Baskin, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025
Construction workers, tradespeople, even hobbyists and artists like to wear silicone bands for ease, as well as safety, since many are made to break away easily from the finger to avoid potentially gruesome avulsion injuries, where a part of the finger is torn away.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Alexia and her partner, Chris, who only shared their first names, are preparing to marry in October, and sent out wedding invitations to friends and family earlier this year, with a tearaway RSVP card and pre-stamped envelopes.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Folding cardboard kiosks in employee breakrooms with a tearaway pad to submit ideas to corporate.
—Elizabeth Baskin, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Verb
According to the hospital, the heavy equipment tore away large portions of skin from her scalp and neck, completely severing her ear along with the surrounding tissue.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025
Construction workers, tradespeople, even hobbyists and artists like to wear silicone bands for ease, as well as safety, since many are made to break away easily from the finger to avoid potentially gruesome avulsion injuries, where a part of the finger is torn away.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Tearaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tearaway. Accessed 30 Dec. 2025.
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