Synonyms of torn into

torn into

phrase

past participle of tear into

1

as in pitched 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

• pitched into
• sailed into
• lit into
• had at
• gone at
• approached
• tackled
• undertaken
• dived (into)
• dove (into)
• waded (in or into)
• attacked
• pitched in
• pursued
• addressed
• focussed (on)
• concentrated (on)
• taken up
• settled (down)
• faced
• focused (on)
• buckled (down to)
• fallen (to)
• knuckled down (to)
• zeroed (in on)
• plunged (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoided
• evaded
• shunned
• fiddled (around)
• played
• lagged
• messed
• fooled
• puttered (around)
• trifled
• pottered (around)
• poked
• idled
• dawdled
• monkeyed (around)
• dillydallied
• dallied

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• avoided
• evaded
• shunned
• fiddled (around)
• played
• lagged
• messed
• fooled
• puttered (around)
• trifled
• pottered (around)
• poked
• idled
• dawdled
• monkeyed (around)
• dillydallied
• dallied

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2

as in attacked

to take sudden, violent action against

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacked
• assaulted
• pitched into
• set at
• lit into
• set on
• charged
• set upon
• struck
• rounded on
• raided
• gone at
• stormed
• flown at
• assailed
• beset
• beaten up on
• descended (on or upon)
• jumped (on)
• rushed
• bushwhacked
• gone in (on)
• turned (on)
• sicced
• trashed
• surprised
• ambushed
• sicked
• stricken
• pounced (on or upon)
• robbed
• ambuscaded
• sacked
• swarmed
• mobbed
• invaded
• battered
• waylaid
• ganged up (on)
• blitzed
• bombarded
• mugged
• flanked
• banged away (at)
• nuked
• bombed
• ravaged
• buffeted
• cannoned
• cannonaded
• plundered
• beleaguered
• looted
• besieged
• plastered
• barraged
• bum-rushed
• overrun
• pillaged
• harried
• surprized
• pressed
• enveloped
• forayed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• covered
• protected
• secured
• defended
• guarded
• shielded

• covered
• protected
• secured
• defended
• guarded
• shielded