tear apart
1tear apart — (someone/something) 1. to severely criticize someone or something. The critics tore apart his first novel, but he never gave up and finally achieved great success. His teachers tore him apart for cheating on the test. 2. to hurt someone or… …
2tear apart — index disjoint, mutilate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3tear apart — verb express a totally negative opinion of (Freq. 1) The critics panned the performance • Syn: ↑pan, ↑trash • Hypernyms: ↑disparage, ↑belittle, ↑pick at …
4tear apart — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms tear apart : present tense I/you/we/they tear apart he/she/it tears apart present participle tearing apart past tense tore apart past participle torn apart 1) to make someone feel very sad, upset, or worried… …
5tear apart someone — tear apart (someone/something) 1. to severely criticize someone or something. The critics tore apart his first novel, but he never gave up and finally achieved great success. His teachers tore him apart for cheating on the test. 2. to hurt… …
6tear apart something — tear apart (someone/something) 1. to severely criticize someone or something. The critics tore apart his first novel, but he never gave up and finally achieved great success. His teachers tore him apart for cheating on the test. 2. to hurt… …
7tear apart — Synonyms and related words: atomize, break to pieces, carp, catch at straws, cavil, cleave, cut up, defoliate, demolish, denude, disassemble, disintegrate, dismantle, dismember, draw and quarter, fault find, find fault, flay, fragment, lacerate,… …
8tear apart — verb a) to tear or rip something to cause it to come apart She tore her ex boyfriend’s clothes apart in fury. b) to destroy The bomb tore apart most of the town hall …
9tear apart — 1) PHRASAL VERB If something tears people apart, it causes them to quarrel or to leave each other. [V n P] The quarrel tore the party apart... [V n P] War and revolution have torn families apart. 2) PHRASAL VERB If something tears you apart, it… …
10Tear-apart label — Отрывная этикетка …
