tear+apart
61tear someone or something apart — tv. to riticize someone or something severely. □ I was late, and the boss tore me apart. □ I thought my paper was good, but the prof tore it apart …
62tear something apart — destroy something, especially good relations between people. → tear …
63tear — 1. verb 1) your shirt s torn Syn: rip, split, slit, pull apart, pull to pieces, shred, rupture, sever 2) his flesh was torn Syn: lacerate, cut (open), gash …
64apart — adv. Apart is used with these verbs: ↑break, ↑burst, ↑drift, ↑live, ↑pull, ↑space, ↑split, ↑spring, ↑tear …
65tear down — Synonyms and related words: annihilate, asperse, beat down, blow down, break down, bring down, bulldoze, burn down, calumniate, cast down, chop down, cut down, defame, demolish, denigrate, disassemble, dismantle, dismount, fell, flatten, knock… …
66tear — I. v. a. 1. Rend, pull apart, separate by pulling. 2. Lacerate, laniate, lancinate, mangle, rend, wound. 3. Sever, sunder. 4. Break away, force away, rend away, snatch away. 5. Shatter, rend. II. v. n. 1. Rush …
67ˌtear sth aˈpart — phrasal verb to damage or destroy something completely by breaking it into pieces The building was torn apart by the explosion.[/ex] …
68take apart — Synonyms and related words: atomize, break to pieces, cleave, defoliate, demolish, denude, disassemble, disintegrate, dismantle, dismember, dismount, draw and quarter, flay, fragment, lacerate, maim, make mincemeat of, mangle, mutilate, peel,… …
69rip apart — 1) PHRASAL VERB If something rips people apart, it causes them to quarrel or fight so seriously that they can no longer be friends. [V n P (not pron)] He said that communal carnage was ripping the country apart... [V n P (not pron)] To have… …
70pick apart — rip into pieces, tear apart; give harsh criticism …
