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Tear (târ), v. t. [imp. Tore (tōr), ((Obs. Tare) (târ); p. p. Torn (tōrn); 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. gataíran to destroy, Lith. dirti to flay, Russ. drate to pull, to tear, Gr. δέρειν to flay, Skr. dar to burst. √63.  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.”

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Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator. Shak.

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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.

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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”.

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Tore (?), imp. of Tear.

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Tore, n. [Probably from the root of tear; cf. W. tór a break, cut, tóri to break, cut.] The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring. [Prov. Eng.]  Mortimer.

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Tore, n. [See Torus.]
1. (Arch.) Same as Torus.

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2. (Geom.) same as torus.

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