Synonyms of tearing into

tearing into

phrase

present participle of tear into

1

as in diving (into)

to start work on energetically

She tore into the home renovation project as soon as all the materials had been purchased.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• diving (into)
• having at
• wading (in or into)
• sailing into
• going at
• approaching
• tackling
• pitching into
• undertaking
• focusing (on)
• concentrating (on)
• lighting into
• focussing (on)
• attacking
• addressing
• falling (to)
• settling (down)
• buckling (down to)
• plunging (in)
• pursuing
• pitching in
• knuckling down (to)
• facing
• zeroing (in on)
• taking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoiding
• evading
• shunning
• fiddling (around)
• playing
• lagging
• trifling
• messing
• idling
• fooling
• puttering (around)
• poking
• pottering (around)
• monkeying (around)
• dawdling
• dallying
• dillydallying

2

as in attacking

to take sudden, violent action against

We watched the fighters tear into each other during the final round.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacking
• raiding
• assaulting
• turning (on)
• descending (on or upon)
• storming
• flying at
• jumping (on)
• setting on
• setting at
• going in (on)
• rounding on
• setting upon
• pitching into
• striking
• pouncing (on or upon)
• going at
• lighting into
• beating up on
• robbing
• charging
• ambushing
• rushing
• invading
• swarming
• assailing
• bushwhacking
• besetting
• ganging up (on)
• sicking
• siccing
• trashing
• banging away (at)
• surprising
• bombing
• flanking
• mobbing
• sacking
• surprizing
• besieging
• ambuscading
• mugging
• blitzing
• waylaying
• bombarding
• looting
• nuking
• ravaging
• plundering
• battering
• buffeting
• cannonading
• cannoning
• bum-rushing
• barraging
• plastering
• pillaging
• enveloping
• beleaguering
• harrying
• pressing
• overrunning
• foraying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• covering
• defending
• securing
• guarding
• shielding