tear out

Verb

Meaning

remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

pull extract pull out draw out rip out rend remove draw raise eliminate pick withdraw tear abolish clip
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Antonyms

join link add secure connect combine
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Hypernyms

take remove withdraw take away

Hyponyms

thread wring out squeeze out demodulate

Examples

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire. George Sand

How stupid it was for the king to tear out his hair in grief, as if baldness were a cure for sorrow. Bion of Borysthenes

D'ye think I don't know?" he asked softly. "It's me that has the easy part now. For if ye feel for me as I do for you-then I'm asking you to tear out your heart and live without it. Diana Gabaldon

Oh, you, who are clutching the sickle, give the tree of superstition its final stroke. Do not be content with hacking off the branches. Tear out by its roots a plant with such noxious effects. Marquis de Sade

Fool that I am," said he,"that I did not tear out my heart the day I resolved to revenge myself". Alexandre Dumas

Breed up a crowand he will tear out your eyes. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

tear line tear off tear oneself away tear outflow system tear passage tear resistance