tear apart

Example Sentences

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Another is that it was a tidal disruption event, in which a black hole thousands of times more massive than the Sun tears apart a star that ventured too close.

From Science Daily

Over time, as people are uprooted from their agricultural communities as industrialisation tears apart people's familiar attachments, individuals become "alienated", he says.

From BBC

It had teeth as long as his forearm and claws that could tear apart an oak tree.

From Literature

Was the United States tearing apart, just as Mr. Lincoln had warned about a house divided?

From Literature

She tore through their apartment in a rage, pushing aside the salvaged set pieces they’d turned into furniture and pacing wildly, as though she was looking for something to tear apart.

From Literature