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tear
tear
Synonyms and Antonyms of tear
1
to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it
2
to separate or remove by forceful pulling
3
to proceed or move quickly
barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom
beat it, get a move on, make tracks, shake a leg, step on it
Synonym Discussion of tear
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- tear up the letter
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- ripped the shirt on a nail
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- an angry mob rent the prisoner's clothes
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- split logs for firewood
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- a bolt of lightning cleaved the giant oak
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- a political party riven by conflict
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