Related Words for tear

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rip
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Verb, Name
teardrop
/x
Name, Noun
snap
/
Noun, Verb, Noun, Adjective
bust
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adjective
rupture
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
pluck
/
Verb, Verb, Noun
pull
/
Noun, Verb, Noun
binge
/
Noun, Noun, Verb
bender
/x
Verb, Name
shoot
/
Name, Verb, Noun
charge
/
Noun, Noun, Verb
split
/
Verb, Verb, Noun, Adjective
rent
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adjective
toot
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
buck
/
Verb, Noun, Verb
shoot down
//
Phrase, Verb
shreds
/
Noun, Verb
wear
/
Noun
shed
/
Verb
apart
x/
Adverb
wipe
/
Verb
unshed
x
Adjective
bawl
/
Noun
scuff
/
Noun
asunder
x/x
Adverb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
bleed
/
Noun
blow
/
Noun
break
/
Noun
scratch
/
Noun
gouge
/
Noun
ligament
/xx
Noun
fraying
/x
Noun
disintegrate
x/xx
Verb
puncture
/x
Noun
sweat
/
Noun
tare
/x
Noun
abrasion
x/x
Noun
slip
/
Noun
burn
/
Noun
meniscal
xxx
Adjective, Noun
deterioration
x/xxxx
Noun
weep
/
Verb
gnaw
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Verb
loose
/
Adjective
crack
/
Noun
stain
/
Noun
wrinkling
/xx
Noun
crumple
/x
Noun
rubbing
/x
Verb
drop
/
Noun
crumbling
/xx
Verb
repair
x/
Noun
damage
/x
Noun
away
x/
Adverb
drool
/
Noun
sloughing
/x
Noun
crinkle
/x
Noun
gash
/
Noun
throw
/
Verb
crying
/x
Verb
crush
/
Noun
scar
/
Noun
breakage
/x
Noun
sneeze
/
Noun
splinter
/x
Noun
dust
/
Noun
dirt
/
Noun
peeling
/x
Verb
tendon
/x
Noun
burst
/
Noun
bruise
/
Noun
veil
/
Noun
drag
/
Noun
scrape
/
Noun
slap
/
Noun
welling
/x
Noun
gush
/
Noun
ruin
/x
Noun
teary
/x
Adjective
shut
/
Verb
tear apart
/x/
Phrase, Verb
tear up
//
Phrase, Verb
tear off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
tear out
/x
Phrase, Verb
tear at
//
Phrase, Verb
tear away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
tear to pieces
///x
Phrase, Verb
tear into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
tear down
//
Phrase, Verb
rive
/
Noun
rip up
//
Phrase, Verb
toll
/
Noun
tire
/x
Noun
utter
/x
Adjective
harrow
/x
Noun
abrupt
x/
Adjective
shed tears
//
Phrase, Verb
rift
/
Noun
sunder
/x
Noun
reduce someone to tears
x//x//
Phrase, Verb
hackle
/x
Noun
break up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
separate
/xx
Adjective
part
/
Noun
come apart
/x/
Phrase, Verb
shatter
/x
Noun
divide
x/
Noun
destruct
x/
Noun
cleave
/
Noun
detach
x/
Verb
shard
/
Noun
tease
/
Noun
unravel
x/x
Verb
destroy
x/
Verb
split up
/x
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
pull apart
/x/
Phrase, Verb
dural
/x
Noun
intimal
/xx
Noun
limb
/
Adverb, Verb
retinal
/xx
Noun
capsular
/xx
Noun
giant
/x
Adjective
displaced
x/
Adjective
acl
///
Name
meniscus
x/x
Noun
annular
/xx
Noun
lone
/
Name
rotator
/xx
Noun
labrum
xx
Noun
stray
/
Noun
thyself
x/
Adverb
arthropathy
/xxx
Noun
cuff
/
Noun
acre
/x
Noun
aqueous
/xx
Adjective
assault
x/
Noun, Verb
bile
/
Noun, Verb
bombs
/
Verb
bushel
/x
Noun, Verb
cents
/
Noun
cerebrospinal
x/x/x
Adjective
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
condensate
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
dash
/
Noun, Verb
day
/
Noun, Verb
demolish
x/x
Verb
dent
/
Noun, Verb
disassemble
xx/x
Verb
dismantle
x/x
Verb
dollar
/x
Noun
droplet
/x
Noun
exhaust
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
extract
/x
Verb, Noun
eye
/
Noun, Verb
flow
/
Noun, Verb
fourth
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fracture
/x
Noun, Verb
gallon
/x
Noun
granule
/x
Noun
grub
/
Noun, Verb
hole
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
inch
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
inclusive
x/x
Adjective
jump
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
knock
/
Verb, Noun
laceration
xx/x
Noun
lacrimal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
liquid
/x
Adjective, Noun
load
/
Noun, Verb
mile
/
Noun
millimeter
/xxx
Noun
minute
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
month
/
Noun
mucus
/x
Noun
normal
/x
Adjective, Noun
paper
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pence
/
Noun
prise
x
Verb, Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
race
/
Noun, Verb
real
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
river
/x
Noun, Verb
roll
/
Noun, Verb
roughly
/x
Adverb
rumen
/x
Noun
sad
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
salivary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
saw
/
Verb, Noun
scrap
/
Noun, Verb
scurry
/x
Verb, Noun
semester
x/x
Noun
shirt
/
Noun, Verb
snag
/
Noun, Verb
snatch
/
Verb, Noun
specimen
/xx
Noun
speed
/
Noun, Verb
splash
/
Noun, Verb
spoke
/
Verb, Noun
spray
/
Noun, Verb
spree
/
Noun, Verb
teeth
/
Noun, Verb
topple
/x
Verb, Noun
trace
/
Noun, Verb
uproot
x/
Verb, Noun
vent
/
Noun, Verb
wound
/
Noun, Verb
wrest
/
Verb, Noun
yank
/
Noun, Verb
year
/
Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
southend
/x
Name