tear sth apart
(DESTROY) — phrasal verb with tear /teər/
/ter/ verb (tore, torn)Definition
› to destroy a building or room: The blast had torn the building apart.Destroying and demolishingDamaging and spoiling
(Definition of tear sth apart (DESTROY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- annihilate verb
- apocalypse noun
- be sacrificed on the altar of sth idiom
- blast verb (EXPLODE)
- blast/blow sb/sth to kingdom come idiom
- destroyer noun
- drive a coach and horses through sth idiom
- dynamite verb
- extirpate verb
- fall in phrasal verb (ROOF)
- kill sth off phrasal verb
- oblivion noun (NO MEMORY)
- saboteur noun
- sack noun (STEAL)
- sack verb (STEAL)
- scar noun
- self-destruct verb
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- wreck verb
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