tear (out)

as in to pull
to draw out by force or with effort you'll never tear that secret out of me

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Verb
  • Pearsall appeared to have reaggravated his knee injury that was plaguing him all week, and he was pulled from the game.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Russia launched its first major wave of missile and drone strikes on Ukraine in nearly a month, pounding sites across the country on Sunday and leaving Kyiv hardest hit as rescue workers scrambled to pull people from the rubble.
    Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
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  • Brandon was one of the first officers to arrive at the scene and helped extract her body from the vehicle.
    Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • An en-route hydrovac crew would extract the water, and an on-the-way front loader would remove the mud and debris, ADOT added.
    Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • An engineer recently wrapped a chain around a humanoid robot’s neck and violently yanked it.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Jessica Chastain has responded to Apple TV+’s decision to yank her new series, The Savant, which was originally due to release on Friday, September 26.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ortega, 22, hit the red carpet in a look plucked straight from Givenchy's runway show, which featured several oversized jewels that draped against her chest and upper body.
    Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
  • You got plucked from obscurity to do this project.
    Chris Lee, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Tear (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tear%20%28out%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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