tear off

Speech parts

1. tear off - Noun

2. tear off - Adjective

3. tear off - Verb

Meaning

remove by pulling or ripping violently and forcefully

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tear-off

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Examples

If your life is a leaf that the seasons tear off and condemn, They will bind you with love that is graceful and green as a stem. Leonard Cohen

Why tear off a single page when you can throw away the book? Aaron Weiss

The passing bus tore off her side mirror Source: Internet

Having stopped to refuel in Munich following a European Cup match in Belgrade, the aircraft went through a fence past the runway causing a wing to tear off before the fuselage hit a hut filled with tyres and fuel, which exploded. Source: Internet

Once prey is secured, dholes will tear off pieces of the carcass and eat in seclusion. Source: Internet

The rumour was, at the time they met, Ludwig had asked her in public if her bosom was real, to which her response was to tear off enough of her garments to prove that it was. Source: Internet

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