Words Like TEAR
We have put together a list of words that are similar to TEAR.
34 Alternative Words Similar to tear
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Laceration
Noun Hyponym
9 examples of tear
1
to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh.
2
a party or government torn by factions
3
a child torn from its home
4
to tear the hair
5
this cloth tears easily
6
pluck the capon
7
He came charging into my office
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she had snags in her stockings
9
tear the paper
10 definitions of tear
1
A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids.
2
Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
3
That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
4
A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
5
To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate
6
Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend.
7
To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder.
9
To move violently; to agitate.
10
To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent.