Tear

  • 91tear gas — [tir] n. a volatile liquid or gas that causes irritation of the eyes, a heavy flow of tears, and temporary blindness: used as in warfare or by the police tear gas vt. tear gassed, tear gassing …

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  • 92tear someone limb from limb — tear/rip/someone limb from limb phrase to violently attack or kill someone Thesaurus: to attack a person or objectsynonym to kill a person or animalsynonym Main entry: limb * * * violently dism …

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  • 93tear off a strip — tear (someone) off a strip (or tear a strip off (someone)) Brit informal : to talk angrily to (someone who has done something wrong) His dad tore him off a strip for denting the car. • • • Main Entry: ↑strip tear (someone) off a strip see ↑strip …

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  • 94tear yourself away (from something) — ˌtear yourself aˈway (from sth) | ˌtear sth aˈway (from sth) derived to leave somewhere even though you would prefer to stay there; to take sth away from somewhere • Dinner s ready, if you can tear yourself away from the TV. • She was unable to… …

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  • 95tear something away (from something) — ˌtear yourself aˈway (from sth) | ˌtear sth aˈway (from sth) derived to leave somewhere even though you would prefer to stay there; to take sth away from somewhere • Dinner s ready, if you can tear yourself away from the TV. • She was unable to… …

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  • 96Tear-falling — Tear fall ing, a. Shedding tears; tender. [Poetic] Tear falling pity. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 97Tear Da Club Up — may refer to:* Tear Da Club Up (Three Six Mafia Song), Three 6 Mafia s November 26, 1995 single * Tear Da Club Up (LeToya Luckett Song), a song from RnB singer Letoya Luckett s 2006 album LeToya …

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  • 98tear-stained — /tear staynd /, adj. 1. marked or wet with tears: a tear stained letter. 2. showing traces of tears or signs of having wept: tear stained cheeks. [1585 95] * * * …

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  • 99tear-jerker — 1911, in reference to newspaper stories about tragic situations, on model of soda jerker and perhaps especially beer jerker, from TEAR (Cf. tear) (n.1) + JERK (Cf. jerk) (v.) …

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  • 100tear yourself away from someone — tear (yourself) away (from (someone/something)) to force yourself to leave a person or activity. I m glad you managed to tear yourself away from the TV and come eat dinner with us! These video games offer plenty of action – you will hardly be… …

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