tear apart
Example Sentences
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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
By 1860, hundreds of thousands had been moved southward, tearing apart families while fueling the Cotton Kingdom.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
