Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Marked by great or violent haste.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Great; rushing; tremendous; towering; ranting: as, a tearing passion; at a tearing pace. Also used adverbially.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
tear . - adjective very
hasty - noun The act by which something is
torn ; alaceration . - noun computer graphics Distortion of an animated display when the contents of the
framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions of two or moreframes . - noun medicine continuous
shedding oftears ;epiphora
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
- noun shedding tears
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Examples
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The Bush administration began their term tearing down the budget surplus the Clinton administration had achieved and talking the nation into a recession.
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"That is what I call tearing the marrow out of a body's bones," said
The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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It's ironic, the political groups who claim to cherish family values are themselves engaged in tearing other families apart.
Pamela Alma Bass: Telephone Mamas: Separating Families to Serve Our Own Pamela Alma Bass 2010
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I look forward to the crushing array of lawsuits that bury the project and predict that they launch literally the day we begin tearing down the viaduct.
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The media turned Tiger into a god of golf and now they're taking delight in tearing him down.
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He delights in tearing Guy (Whaley) down every chance he gets, only to turn around and raise his hopes again with the promise of better things.
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I will share some of those photos once I actually begin tearing apart the room a bit.
Archive 2009-08-01 jpitta 2009
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Screen-tearing is an issue for many Nvidia users on Ubuntu.
Archive 2010-01-01 2010
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I will share some of those photos once I actually begin tearing apart the room a bit.
Quick and easy jpitta 2009
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In one movie he breathed his signature bad breath to destroy what remained of Tokyo after appearing to fight a monster even more bent in tearing the city apart as a joke to consistent fans about his inconsistencies.
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