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[ tawr, tohr ] / tɔr, toʊr / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tore ON THESAURUS.COM
verbsimple past tense of tear2. Nonstandard. a past participle of tear2. Words nearby toretorch song, TORCH syndrome, torchwood, torchy, Tordesillas, tore, toreador, toreador pants, Torecan, Torelli, torenia Definition for tore (2 of 2)[ tawr, tohr ] / tɔr, toʊr /
Origin of tore2<French <Latin torus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for toreHe tore a piece of meat off the breast and stroked her coat while she ate. The Stacks: A Chicken Dinner That Mends Your Heart|Pete Dexter|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST [Me and George] met at the Venice Film Festival years ago, and sort of tore the place up. Bill Murray’s Words of Wisdom: On Comedy, the Greatness of In-N-Out, and Searching For Great Love|Marlow Stern|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST When his turn arrived Daylyt said nothing, tore off the mask, and rent his clothes, removing his microphone in the process. America’s Poets: Battle Rap Gets Real|Rich Goldstein|July 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Columnist Art Buchwald, then engaged in a long-running feud with Alsop, tore the photos up. Gay Men and the Presidents Who Loved Them|James Kirchick|June 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“These vehicles are just twisted and tore up in pieces,” Pennington said. Rescue Efforts Were Delayed Following Deadly Landslide in Washington|Stacey Solie|March 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST The devi filled his mouth, tore off the flesh, and threw the bones to the three brothers. Georgian Folk Tales|Unknown Henricksen tore his glasses from his eyes, and emerging from the tent, groped on the desk for the weapon he had left there. Under the Chinese Dragon|F. S. Brereton When I was free I tore a black-maned lion to pieces for prowling round our den. Acrobats and Mountebanks|Hugues Le Roux The host, with a sudden gesture, tore off his mask and the Burglar accelerated his pace. The Chase of the Golden Plate|Jacques Futrelle The Duke put his arm around him to support him, but the cuirassiers surged against them and tore them apart. Hero Tales of the Far North|Jacob A. Riis
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nounarchitect another name for torus (def. 1) Word Origin for toreC17: from French, from Latin: torus 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 torerive, pull, divide, injure, mangle, separate, damage, snatch, break, shred, split, slash, crack, grab, yank, rupture, sever, wrench, shoot, rush |