TEARING (OUT) Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

tearing (out)

verb

Definition of tearing (out)

present participle of tear (out)

as in pulling

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

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Why TikTok livestream selling can drive big sales Three forces are pulling sellers toward livestream commerce, and Duplantis’s numbers reflect all of them.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026
Wildfire risk is pushing insurers to underwrite hotels based on physical resilience rather than location alone, and carriers are pulling back from some markets entirely.

— Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of pulling

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Spanning 42 feet long and more than 14 feet wide, the observatory is designed to explore the outer solar system and beyond – prying into previously unobservable areas of the universe to study dark energy and search for exoplanets.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
This is an uncomplicated yarn about a man prying open his heart and nudging other hard nuts to do the same.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of prying

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Against that backdrop, Pina’s speech asserted the platform should be regarded as a partner to television, rather than a tech giant extracting audiences and value from it.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Lynn was reluctant to take credit for extracting the performance from Curry.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of extracting

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The episode feinted toward genuine rapprochement before yanking the rug out, leaving the Gang pelted with an industrial-grade indoor blizzard and then happily chucking rocks at passing trains, as was Mac and Charlie’s childhood tradition.

— Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026
The tentacular Scylla is seen briefly but makes an impact, yanking sailors off Odysseus’s ship in a series of loud jump scares.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 July 2026

Definition of yanking

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tearing (out)

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