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tear up

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Cameron also reportedly said that the Queen appeared to 'tear up' when he told her the news.

The cook went to an officer, who gave Slovik an opportunity to tear up the letter and pretend it had never been written.

Encourage people to tear up more of the environment as they build ever-more-sprawling suburbs?

Astronauts can, certainly, tear up -- they're human, after all.

They boo Shelly Yachimovitch and tear up photos of Ahmed Tibi on stage (yes, both happened at the rally).

Stopping once more to cut wires and tear up the track, we felt a thrill of exhilaration to which we had long been strangers.

A squad of rebel cavalry had been trying to tear up the track, but were surprised by the unexpected appearance of the train.

The wisest thing to be done, is to sacrifice your curiosity and I will tear up this piece of paper.'

Then on and on as fast as we can go, straight for the main army, to tear up to the guards with my message and bring them back.

Anything like that I always take and I tear up and put in the wastebasket.

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On this page you'll find 158 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tear up, such as: bulldoze, demolish, destroy, dynamite, erase, and extinguish.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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