tear+asunder
1tear asunder — index force (break), rend Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2tear asunder — tear to pieces, rip apart …
3asunder — adv. (formal) to rend, tear asunder * * * [ə sʌndə] tear asunder (formal) to rend …
4tear — vb Tear, rip, rend, split, cleave, rive can all mean to separate forcibly one part of a continuous material or substance from another, or one object from another with which it is closely and firmly associated. Tear implies pulling apart or away… …
5tear — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun from the eyes ADJECTIVE ▪ angry, bitter, emotional ▪ There were angry tears in Lily s eyes. ▪ happy ▪ burning, f …
6tear — tear1 /tear/, n. 1. a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. 2. this fluid …
7tear — {{11}}tear (n.1) water from the eye, O.E. tear, from earlier teahor, tæhher, from P.Gmc. *takh , *tagr (Cf. O.N., O.Fris. tar, O.H.G. zahar, Ger. Zähre, Goth. tagr tear ), from PIE *dakru /*draku (Cf. L …
8tear — I n 1. teardrop, drop, droplet, bead, globule. v 2.(all of the eyes) water, well or fill up with tears, get moist or dewy or teary; secrete tears, shed tears, weep, gush, overflow. II v 1. rip, rend, reave, rive, pull apart; shred, rip or pull to …
9asunder — adv. Asunder is used with these verbs: ↑tear …
10to-tear — /tə , tŭ tārˈ/ transitive verb (pap (Spenser) to torneˈ) To tear in pieces ORIGIN: Pfx to asunder, and ↑tear2 …
