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▸ verb:  (transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To make (an opening) with force or energy.
▸ verb:  (transitive, often with off or out) To remove by tearing, or with sudden great force.
▸ verb:  (transitive, of structures, with down) To demolish.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To smash or enter something with great force.
▸ noun:  A hole or break caused by tearing.
▸ noun:  (slang) A rampage.
▸ noun:  A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
▸ noun:  Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
▸ noun:  (glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
▸ noun:  That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To produce tears.

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