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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2 Split Noun      Synonym Words Like Split
3 Bust Noun      Synonym Words Like Bust
4 Bout Noun      Synonym Words Like Bout
5 Drop Noun      Synonym Words Like Drop
6 Gap Noun      Synonym Words Like Gap
7 Opening Noun      Synonym Words Like Opening
8 Revel Noun      Synonym Words Like Revel
9 Revelry Noun      Synonym Words Like Revelry
10 Separation Noun      Synonym Words Like Separation
11 Rupture Verb      Synonym Words Like Rupture
12 Snap Verb      Synonym Words Like Snap
13 Shoot Verb      Synonym Words Like Shoot
14 Charge Verb      Synonym Words Like Charge
15 Buck Verb      Synonym Words Like Buck
16 Pluck Verb      Synonym Words Like Pluck
17 Pull Verb      Synonym Words Like Pull
18 Cry Verb      Synonym Words Like Cry
19 Disunite Verb      Synonym Words Like Disunite
20 Divide Verb      Synonym Words Like Divide
21 Hasten Verb      Synonym Words Like Hasten
22 Hie Verb      Synonym Words Like Hie
23 Hotfoot Verb      Synonym Words Like Hotfoot
24 Part Verb      Synonym Words Like Part
25 Race Verb      Synonym Words Like Race
26 Rush Verb      Synonym Words Like Rush
27 Separate Verb      Synonym Words Like Separate
28 Speed Verb      Synonym Words Like Speed
29 Strip Verb      Synonym Words Like Strip
30 Disrupt Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Disrupt
31 Sunder Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Sunder
32 Agitate Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Agitate
33 Fissure Noun      Synonym Words Like Fissure
34 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
8 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.
8 To pull with violence.
9 To move violently; to agitate.
10 To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent.
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