tear
Example Sentences
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Tensions from the affair had distracted Nestlé’s upper management for much of Freixe’s 12 months in charge, according to people familiar with the matter, and tore a chunk out of its top ranks.
Near the entrance to the Panama Canal, a monument to China's contributions to the interoceanic waterway was torn down Saturday night by order of local authorities.
From Barron's
“The regime ruined my whole life,” he said, bursting into tears.
"The doors and roof were shaking, old roofs were torn," a 70-year-old man told us.
From BBC
New technology doesn’t merely seep into the economy, eventually it grows into a Category 5 storm and starts tearing up trailer parks in its path.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
