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tear apart

Criticize severely, as in The professor tore her paper apart . [Mid-1900s]
Upset or make distraught, as in The parents' divorce tore apart the grandparents . [Second half of 1800s]
Separate, especially unwillingly, as in The war tore many families apart .
Search some place completely, as in The police tore the house apart . [Second half of 1900s]

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“If we do not stop these words that kill and that tear apart our society, there will be other Ilan Halimis,” he warned.

In two weeks, I got enough information to tear apart that movie frame-by-frame.

Conservatives may lionize Edward Snowden now, says Michael Tomasky, but ultimately his actions are going to tear apart the GOP.

Under lateral pressure strata may fold to a certain point and then tear apart and fault along the surface of least resistance.

In every line it revealed a determined effort to tear apart the great trusts and to put all business on a competitive basis.

Say, round up the gang, will you, while I'm licking some of this stuff into shape for you to tear apart?

He discovered, also, what old stumps to tear apart when he wanted a pleasantly acid tonic dose of the larvæ of the wood-ant.

By raising my elbow to its original position, and using it as a lever, I could tear apart the crushed fibres.

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