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tear1 [tɪəɐ, Am tɪr] N

I . tear2 [teəɐ, Am ter] N

II . tear2 <tore, torn> [teəɐ, Am ter] VB trans

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2. tear (search thoroughly, ransack):

tear
изна́шивать
tear
разрыва́ть

3. tear (strain, injure):

tear muscle
порва́ть

III . tear2 <tore, torn> [teəɐ, Am ter] VB intr

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1. tear (rip, come asunder):

tear
рва́ться
tear
изна́шиваться

tear along VB trans

tear apart VB trans

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1. tear apart (rip wildly to shreds):

tear apart
разрыва́ть на ча́сти
tear apart
раздира́ть

2. tear apart (create schisms, deep rifts):

tear apart
разрыва́ть
tear apart
разделя́ть

3. tear apart (criticise, attack):

tear apart
критикова́ть
tear apart
напада́ть

tear at VB trans

tear away VB trans

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tear down VB trans

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tear into VB trans

tear off VB trans

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tear open VB trans

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tear out VB trans

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1. tear out (rip):

tear out
вырыва́ть
tear out
выхва́тывать

tear up VB trans

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1. tear up (rip into small pieces):

tear up
изорва́ть
tear up fig agreement
порва́ть
tear up fig agreement
разорва́ть

tear gas N

tear jerker [ˈtɪə ˌdʒɜ:kəɐ, Am ˈtɪrˌdʒɜ:rkɚ] N inf

Usage examples with tear

to tear oneself away
отрыва́ться
to tear sth apart
разрыва́ть что-ли́бо
to tear along
нести́сь сломя́ го́лову
to tear in
врыва́ться в
to tear off
срыва́ть
wear and tear
изно́с m
to tear a hole in
прорва́ть
to tear sth into shreds
изорва́ть в клочки́
to tear sth into pieces
разорва́ть на ме́лкие кусо́чки
to tear up a flowerbed
выдёргивать цветы́ на клу́мбе
to tear down the stairs
нести́сь вниз по ле́стнице
to tear sth to shreds
изорва́ть в кло́чья
to tear off one's clothes
срыва́ть с себя́ оде́жду
to tear into sb/sth
набра́сываться на кого́-ли́бо/что-ли́бо
to tear at each other's throats (savagely criticize)
жесто́ко критикова́ть
to tear sb away from sb/sth
оторва́ть кого́-ли́бо от кого́-ли́бо/чего́-ли́бо

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Most skateparks do not allow pit bikes because the torque can tear up the wood.
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Usually a handmade or mulberry paper is used to create the tear bear, giving the bear pieces a furry-edged look.
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She was asleep on a mattress in a playpen with her sweaty, tear-streaked face pressed against the bars, snoring.
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He suggested that the document might have been misdated at some later time, and the two agreed to tear off the date.
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Soon after the local and state police arrived and fired eight rounds of tear gas into the prison yard.
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An independent report indicated that an accidental rapid pressurization combined with lightly gusting wind and a location of previously undetected damage caused the tear.
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People began to tear apart the encased stamps in order to retrieve and maintain the value of the stamp that was kept inside.
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In the knee the quadriceps and patellar tendon can sometimes tear.
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It is recommended, due to the spines on this fish which would tear up a conventional net, that it is preferable to move these fish by hand.
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Every tear and every sigh will bring, in due time, abundant fruit.
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