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Tear apart

//ˈtɛɚ əˈpɑɹt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, apart. transitive

    "She tore her ex-boyfriend’s clothes apart in fury."

  2. 2
    express a totally negative opinion of wordnet
  3. 3
    to destroy transitive

    "The bomb tore apart most of the town hall."

  4. 4
    to cause to separate transitive

    "Love, love will tear us apart again"

  5. 5
    to severely defeat figuratively, transitive

    "But Celtic could smell blood and they tore the Reds apart in the 12th minute."

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