violent or furious (esp in the phrase a tearing hurryor rush)
tearing in American English
(ˈtɛrɪŋ)
adjective
violent; impetuous; rushing
Examples of 'tearing' in a sentence
tearing
Ah well, can't expect you to think about me, you're tearing about with your London life-- ' `Mother.
Gee, Maggie LOST CHILDREN (2002)
He demonstrated by tearing off a long splinter with his fingers.
Stuart Harrison LOST SUMMER (2002)
Fingers of steel were clawing at the sleeve of her right arm, tearing the material away.
Mark Burnell THE RHYTHM SECTION (2002)
All related terms of 'tearing'
tear
Tears are the drops of salty liquid that come out of your eyes when you are crying .
uptear
to pull or rip up by or as if by the roots
tear up
If something such as a road , railway , or area of land is torn up , it is completely removed or destroyed .
tear gas
Tear gas is a gas that causes your eyes to sting and fill with tears so that you cannot see . It is sometimes used by the police or army to control crowds .
tear off
If you tear off your clothes , you take them off in a rough and violent way.
tear apart
If something tears people apart , it causes them to quarrel or to leave each other.
tear away
If you tear someone away from a place or activity , you force them to leave the place or stop doing the activity, even though they want to remain there or carry on.
tear down
If you tear something down , you destroy it or remove it completely.
tear into
If you tear into someone, you criticize them very angrily and strongly.