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[ teer-ing ] / ˈtɪər ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tearing ON THESAURUS.COM
Origin of tearing1before 1000; Old English tæherende (not recorded in ME); see tear1, -ing2 Words nearby tearingteardown, teardrop, tear duct, tearful, tear gas, tearing, tear into, tear it, tearjerker, tearless, tear-off Definition for tearing (2 of 2)[ tair-ing ] / ˈtɛər ɪŋ /
adjectiveviolent or hasty: with tearing speed. Origin of tearing2First recorded in 1600–10; tear2 + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM tearingtear·ing·ly, adverbDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tearingThe new House report is tearing apart dozens of GOP claims about the 2012 attack. Congress Debunks Congress’s Nuttiest Benghazi Theories|Ben Jacobs|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Let me tell you, I felt like Tiger Woods tearing up Augusta that one year long ago. Forget Bipartisan Golf, Obama, and Play Against Me|Michael Tomasky|May 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST “I looked in the window of so many station wagons,” says Peggy, tearing up. Mad Men’s ‘The Strategy,’ With Peggy and Don’s Late-Night Powwow, is S7’s Best Episode (So Far)|Marlow Stern|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST “Sometimes I feel like tearing out my hair,” Kellie Frost said. The Death of a Rodeo Cowboy|Peter Richmond|May 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This practice, immigration advocates say, is tearing families apart. Obama's Deportation Catch-22|Caitlin Dickson|April 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Carl had to go to the very top of the pole, and then had some difficulty in tearing her from her hold. He fancied that she was writhing on her seat, that she was tearing her handkerchief with her hands. The Castle Inn|Stanley John Weyman You should have seen the dogs, too—tearing round and round the lawn in circles—poor things! The Younger Set|Robert W. Chambers I shouldn't have married in such a tearing hurry if he hadn't been going to the front. The Vanity Girl|Compton Mackenzie All crowded into the doorway and looked and listened, intense anxiety, despite themselves, tearing at their hearts. The Keepers of the Trail|Joseph A. Altsheler
British Dictionary definitions for tearing
adjectiveviolent or furious (esp in the phrase tearing hurry or rush) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tearingrive, pull, divide, injure, mangle, separate, damage, snatch, break, shred, split, slash, crack, grab, yank, rupture, sever, wrench, shoot, rush Medical definitions for tearingThe American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |