tearing

As bubbles accumulate, the magma becomes more buoyant and rises faster, sometimes tearing apart and erupting explosively.

I can almost feel the cold of the water filling my lungs, the harshness of the current tearing me apart.

She pulled at one, but only succeeded in tearing off a leaf.

“Can’t lose our momentum now,” he said cheerily, tearing off a bite.

He also missed a Test in Pakistan last winter after tearing his hamstring in the summer and limped out of a match in New Zealand in December having repeated the injury.