Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tear

5 senses of tear

Sense 1
tear, rupture, snap, bust -- (separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper")
       => separate, disunite, divide, part -- (force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea")
          Phrasal Verb-> tear up#1; tear apart#1; tear down#1

Sense 2
tear -- (to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars")
       => separate, disunite, divide, part -- (force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea")

Sense 3
tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck -- (move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office")
       => rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it -- (move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street")

Sense 4
pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume -- (strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon")
       => strip -- (remove the surface from; "strip wood")

Sense 5
tear -- (fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing")
       => cry, weep -- (shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs")

Antonyms of adj torn

2 senses of torn

Sense 1
lacerate, lacerated, mangled, torn -- (having edges that are jagged from injury)

INDIRECT (VIA injured) -> uninjured -- (not injured physically or mentally)

Sense 2
torn -- (disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn between love and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"; "torn by religious dissensions")

INDIRECT (VIA divided) -> united -- (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity; "presented a united front")

Similarity of adj torn

2 senses of torn

Sense 1
lacerate, lacerated, mangled, torn -- (having edges that are jagged from injury)
       => injured (vs. uninjured) -- (harmed; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings")

Sense 2
torn -- (disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn between love and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"; "torn by religious dissensions")
       => divided (vs. united) -- (separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided")

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