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Tearing

//ˈtɛɹ.ɪŋ// adj, noun, verb, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    enormous; of great size or impact colloquial

    "a tearing great giant of a man"

  2. 2
    very hasty colloquial

    "a tearing hurry"

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is torn; a laceration. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    continuous shedding of tears; epiphora uncountable
  3. 3
    shedding tears wordnet
  4. 4
    Distortion of an animated display when the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions of two or more frames. uncountable, usually

    "Even in this case, tearing still results if the swap occurs in the middle of a refresh cycle."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of tear form-of, gerund, participle, present

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