tear into
Britishverb
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Democrats are tearing into members of their own party after a centrist coalition broke ranks Sunday night and agreed to vote on legislation to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
From Salon
The crazed fiend, no surprise, is said to crawl about like a cat and tear into his human victims as if they were canaries.
After photos hit the wires showing construction equipment at the White House, tearing into the East Wing, critics lamented the lost quarters of the social secretary and the calligraphy office.
The infestation is called myiasis and, if left untreated, can cause serious damage and can even prove fatal as the larvae tear into the tissue with sharp mouth hooks.
From BBC
Politicians from Sacramento to Washington know he isn’t afraid to tear into them if he thinks they’re too timid to publicly call out xenophobia or support laws that protect the undocumented.
From Los Angeles Times
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