tear apart
Example Sentences
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Teams just cannot cope with their pace, passing and pressing - and they continue to tear apart any team in their way.
From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025
Instead, as Merry’s memo charges, the advisers simply helped Yeltsin’s people tear apart their economies.
From Slate • Dec. 23, 2024
Egypt warned Israel and the U.S. that any military operations in the zone “could tear apart our peace,” a second Egyptian official said.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2024
The players who bought in had to tear apart and rebuild their shots at the same time they needed to perform in NBA games, requiring humility, bravery and commitment all at once.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023
We bought tacos and ate ’em on a curb between two parked cars, watching these construction guys tear apart an old liquor store and carry pieces of wall to an old dinged-up dump truck.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
