tear apart

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tear apart

/ˈtɛɚ əˈpɑɹt/

verb tears apart · tearing apart · tore apart · torn apart

transitive Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, apart. She tore her ex-boyfriend’s clothes apart in fury.
transitive To destroy. The bomb tore apart most of the town hall.
transitive To cause to separate suddenly or violently. Love, love will tear us apart again
Similar: rive
figuratively, transitive To defeat overwhelmingly. But Celtic could smell blood and they tore the Reds apart in the 12th minute.
Similar: take apart

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@misc{tear_apart_2026,
  title = {tear apart},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tear%20apart},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}