Usually means: To rip or pull upwards.
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  1. uptear: Merriam-Webster
  2. uptear: Collins English Dictionary
  3. uptear: Wordnik
  4. uptear: Wiktionary
  5. uptear: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Uptear, uptear: Dictionary.com
  7. Uptear: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. uptear: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Uptear: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. uptear: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. uptear: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Uptear: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ verb:  (transitive, archaic or poetic) To tear up (wrench from the ground).

Similar:
tear up, totear, fortear, betear, Teare, upharrow, tear out, tear, tear apart, uprend, more...

Opposite:
downtear, rip, shred, tear apart, destroy

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Similar:
tear up, totear, fortear, betear, Teare, upharrow, tear out, tear, tear apart, uprend, more...

Opposite:
downtear, rip, shred, tear apart, destroy



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