tear away
Britishverb
noun
Example Sentences
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"All he did was tear away that fragile veil in advance, placing the reality outside the room plainly on the table," one Xiaohongshu post read after his death.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
Historically, warrantless subpoenas under these laws were used as a narrow investigative tool for specific customs and regulatory violations, not as a weapon to tear away the privacy and protected speech of social media users.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2026
After setting up the characters as simply bad or good, “Destiny of Desire” slowly starts to tear away preconceived notions of who these people are and reveals their complexities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
A combination of damaged sluice gates and high water might tear away a few gates, but would not be expected to rip apart so much of the dam, the professor said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
“I just saw it tear away and slip under the water. It’s gone.”
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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