Tear away (original) (raw)
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove by pulling or ripping violently and forcefully
Example:
The passing bus tore off her side mirror
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "tear away" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something