tear away

Verb

Meaning

remove by pulling or ripping violently and forcefully

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

rip off rend rive curve reject depart tear impulsive impetuous madcap tear off avulse let go break away come off

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Antonyms

last focus join try link feel

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Hypernyms

take remove withdraw take away

Examples

You do not have to struggle to reach God, but you do have to struggle to tear away the self-created veil that hides him from you. Paramahansa Yogananda

Our job is to sell our clients' merchandise... not ourselves. Our job is to kill the cleverness that makes us shine instead of the product. Our job is to simplify, to tear away the unrelated, to pluck out the weeds that are smothering the product message. William Bernbach

Beauty, suffering, power and culture are all related. We cannot tear away from reality. It is better to live with all things, then to cut ourselves off and fester in a segmented mind. Juan Felipe Herrera

The passing bus tore off her side mirror Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

tear ass tear asunder tear at tear blower tear bomb tear canal