tore

¹ American  

[tawr, tohr] / tɔr, toʊr /

verb

1. simple past tense of tear.

2. Nonstandard. a past participle of tear.

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tore ² American  

[tawr, tohr] / tɔr, toʊr /

noun

1. a torus.

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tore ¹ British  

/ tɔː /

verb

1. the past tense of tear 1

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tore ² British  

/ tɔː /

noun

1. architect another name for torus

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Etymology

Origin of tore

< French < Latin torus

Example Sentences

I ruined any chance of locating my mom when I tore my only evidence into a million pieces.

From Literature

She tore away from him, panting, then turned and began to run back the way they had come, her thumbs over her ears, her hands blinker-ing her eyes.

From Literature

“The media frenzy over the song tore me up and seemed to tear the country apart,” P.F.

From The Wall Street Journal

Had Mom and Dad made it safely across the bridge before the earthquake tore it in two?

From Literature

When the halfpipe superstar tore her labrum in her left shoulder in training a month ago, her hopes of becoming the first person to win three consecutive Olympic snowboarding gold medals were in jeopardy.

From Los Angeles Times