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tear

[teer] / tɪər /






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There may be a limited exclusion zone around your home and place of work, but step outside of that and you risk coming face to face with the person who tore your family apart.

From BBC

Gu compares the idea to folding a piece of paper so it tears easily along a crease.

From Science Daily

In the snow-dusted street outside St Christopher's Church, hundreds joined a special Sunday Mass for the victims of the fire that tore through Le Constellation bar on New Year's Eve.

From BBC

Rome is torn between AS Roma and Lazio.

From The Wall Street Journal

For both Ms Norris and Mr Black the anniversary marks another opportunity to highlight that there has been no justice and few answers for families whose lives were torn apart on 5 January 1976.

From BBC