[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tear \tear\ t^ar, v. t. imp. tore t=or, obs.
   tare t^ar; p. p. torn t=orn; p. pr.  vb. n.
   tearing. oe. teren, as. teran; akin to os. farterian to
   destroy, d. teren to consume, g. zerren to pull, to tear,
   zehren to consume, icel. t>ae/ra, goth. gata'iran to
   destroy, lith. dirti to flay, russ. drate to pull, to tear,
   gr. de`rein to flay, skr. dar to burst. root63. cf. darn,
   epidermis, tarre, tirade.
   1. to separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend;
      to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear
      the skin or flesh.
      1913 webster

            tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend;
      as, a party or government torn by factions.
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   3. to rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to
      sunder; as, a child torn from its home.
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            the hand of fate
            hath torn thee from me.               --addison.
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   4. to pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.
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   5. to move violently; to agitate. "once i loved torn ocean's
      roar." --byron.
      1913 webster

   to tear a cat, to rant violently; to rave; -- especially
      applied to theatrical ranting. obs. --shak.

   to tear down, to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down.
      

   to tear off, to pull off by violence; to strip.

   to tear out, to pull or draw out by violence; as, to tear
      out the eyes.

   to tear up, to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by
      violence; as, to tear up a floor; to tear up the
      foundation of government or order.
      1913 webster
see also:
tore tare torn tearing darn epidermis 
tarre tirade to tear a cat to tear down to tear off 
to tear out to tear up 

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