VERB
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remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
extract a bad tooth
take out a splinter
extract information from the telegram
pull weeds
How To Use tear out In A Sentence
- Kendo then took the prey from Fitz, having let him tear out a large piece of the monkey's intestines.
- I also tear out newspaper and magazine articles and keep them on hand, as they easily fit in my purse and I can toss them when I'm done reading.
- Stewart's advice: tear out most of the walls to add light and openness.
- No, they will always try to chain him up and tear out his fangs and claws... then stuff him or put his skin on the wall. Times, Sunday Times
- She attempted to tear out of his grasp once again until she felt his hand tighten in a bone shattering clutch over her wrist.
- Shave from me with sharp razors my lips, my nose, my ears -- ay, and tear out the eyes of me by the roots; and there, mewed in that featureless skull that is attached to a hacked and mangled torso, there in that cell of the chemic flesh, will still be I, unmutilated, undiminished. Chapter 12
- And how many boats have their windlasses, cleats and bitts attached firmly enough that they would not tear out?
- I will keep no further journal of that same hesternal torch-light; and, to prevent me from returning, like a dog, to the vomit of memory, I tear out the remaining leaves of this volume, and write, in _Ipecacuanha_, The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2
- The designer told her to go through all the magazines and tear out the projects and articles she was interested in, then she had to assort them into categories.
- This is why our simple kitchen updating has inspired us to retile our fireplace in the family room and tear out the master bathroom cabinetry.