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Tear into

//tɛə(ɹ)ˈɪntu// verb

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  1. 1
    To subject to a heavy attack, physical or figurative.

    "They tore into a stunned City and there was only a minute on the clock when Samir Nasri slipped Jack Wilshere into the area, the 19-year-old's left-foot pass to the far post agonisingly evading a lunging Van Persie."

  2. 2
    hit violently, as in an attack wordnet

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