Thesaurus / tearing
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synonyms for tearing
- acute
- agonizing
- exquisite
- grueling
- harrowing
- intense
- searing
- severe
- unbearable
- burning
- chastening
- consuming
- piercing
- punishing
- racking
- rending
- shooting
- stabbing
- tormenting
- torturing
- extreme
- insufferable
- sharp
- torturesome
- unendurable
- violent
- agonizing
- chilling
- distressing
- disturbing
- excruciating
- heartbreaking
- heart-wrenching
- painful
- terrifying
- torturous
- traumatic
- alarming
- racking
- soaring
- tormenting
- torturing
- heart-rending
- nerve-racking
- darting
- dashing
- fast
- flying
- galloping
- hastening
- hurrying
- running
- rushing
- sailing
- swift
- whisking
- whizzing
- zooming
- speedy
- agonizing
- anguishing
- distressing
- disturbing
- excruciating
- harrowing
- heart-wrenching
- racking
- struggling
- suffering
- torturing
- extreme
- fierce
- intense
- tortuous
- torturous
- vehement
- violent
- competing
- contest
- darting
- dashing
- flying
- galloping
- hurrying
- running
- rushing
- sailing
- sport
- sporting
- track
- trotting
- whizzing
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How to use tearing in a sentence
This minimizes input lag and prevents some display glitches like screen tearing, a visual distortion where two frames of animation overlap.
BEST TVS FOR GAMING OF 2022MIKE EPSTEINFEBRUARY 18, 2022POPULAR-SCIENCEAs people age, it is common to see a little fraying or partial tearing of tendons, which will show up on the detailed image produced by an MRI and may complicate the diagnosis.
WHAT IS FROZEN SHOULDER? SYMPTOMS, TREATMENT AND A POSSIBLE PANDEMIC CONNECTION.ALLYSON CHIUOCTOBER 7, 2021WASHINGTON POSTBelow freezing or wet environments will require the most heavy-duty constructions, as will larger dogs that require reinforced fabrics to prevent tearing.
BEST DOG COATS: PET CLOTHES TO KEEP ANY DOG WARMPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMFEBRUARY 17, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEIt lit up every ridge and hollow for two or three seconds, and showed me four riders tearing up the slope at a high run.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRHe dashed into his own hotel, wrote five notes one after the other, tearing up each one before it was finished.
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSONJem Spyers dashes out; and there he sees Chickweed tearing down the street full-cry.
OLIVER TWIST, VOL. II (OF 3)CHARLES DICKENSIt was shrill, it was penetrating, it rose and fell with a sort of ripping, tearing slash.
SCATTERGOOD BAINESCLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLANDJust as the motor got busy, the dog dropped beside Matt, gripping his right sleeve and tearing a piece out of the stout leather.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSTearing out the leaf he folded it compactly and carefully secured it to the leather band.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSBut the gateways have been standing for ages and it would be sacrilege to think of tearing them down to facilitate traffic.
BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARTHOMAS D. MURPHYWORDS RELATED TO TEARING
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