v
To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
v
(figuratively) To defeat, refute, discredit, or consume utterly (as a theory, belief or opponent).
v
To rend in pieces; to tear.
v
(transitive) To tear up; tear to pieces.
v
To become very upset or emotional, to have a breakdown.
v
(idiomatic) To devour or consume (something); to enthusiastically or assiduously work on (something); to tear into (something).
v
(dated, formal) To tear into pieces.
v
Alternative form of tear one's hair out [(idiomatic) To react with extreme agitation.]
v
To defeat decisively, to suppress.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To kill.
v
(idiomatic, transitive, especially passive) To cause to cry.
adj
That has been torn or rent; ripped; torn.
v
(idiomatic) To criticize severely; to refute.
v
(transitive) To destroy by ripping.
v
(transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
v
(obsolete, idiomatic, acting) To overact; to violently rant and rave on stage.
v
(slang) To scold vigorously.
v
(transitive) To run quickly along somewhere.
n
Synonym of wear and tear
v
(transitive, figuratively) to severely defeat
v
(transitive, often reflexive) To remove (oneself or another person) reluctantly; often expressed in the negative.
v
(transitive) To demolish
v
To subject to a heavy attack, physical or figurative.
v
(sports) To compete extremely well, to trounce the competition.
v
(intransitive) To leave or depart rapidly.
v
To pull at one's own hair in a frenzy of grief or rage.
v
(idiomatic) To react with extreme agitation.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To damage.
v
(idiomatic) To put on a notable performance, especially in sports; to go on a rampage.
n
(obsolete, acting) An overactor.
n
Alternative spelling of teardown [A well-maintained structure purchased and torn down to make way for a new structure.]
adj
Designed to be removed by tearing or pulling off.
n
(slang) A fight; a scrap.
n
(informal, chiefly Britain, derogatory) An impetuous and reckless person who is difficult to control; a hothead.
v
Obsolete spelling of tear [(transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.]
n
Alternative form of tear-off. [A strip or sheet of paper, plastic film, etc., that is designed to be removed by tearing or pulling off.]
v
(obsolete) To tear apart; tear to pieces or shreds; rend.
v
(transitive, archaic) To shed (a tear or tears).
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