TORN (OUT) Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

torn (out)

verb

Definition of torn (out)

past participle of tear (out)

as in pulled

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

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He was pulled after giving up back-to-back hits with one out in the fourth to put runners on the corners.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
The Thunder successfully pulled this off with both Joe and Wiggins, inking both to below-market contracts two summers ago.

— Fred Katz, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of pulled

Verb

As residents pay fines and fees, money is extracted from the communities that can least afford the loss.

— Brian Lawton, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
During processing, the juices are extracted from the fruit, and the remaining flesh and fiber are discarded.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 July 2026

Definition of extracted

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Larry Page, worth $297 billion, and Sergey Brin, with $276 billion to his name, have both uprooted to Florida as their previous home state, California, gears up for a ballot referendum on taxing the assets of the wealthy.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 July 2026
One tree not only uprooted a sidewalk but also smashed a parked car.

— Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 13 July 2026

Definition of uprooted

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Then we’re yanked into Louis’s hazy POV, from which Armand is reading another one of his apology letters.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 July 2026
However, their anti-tank and anti-air systems failed to make a decisive difference after the Shah of Iran suddenly yanked out Iran’s decisive support from under them and cut a deal with Baghdad, crushing Kurdish morale in the process.

— Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of yanked

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