Synonyms

tore

¹ American

[tawr, tohr] / tɔr, toʊr /

verb

simple past tense of tear.
Nonstandard. a past participle of tear.

tore ² American

[tawr, tohr] / tɔr, toʊr /

noun

a torus.

tore ¹ British

/ tɔː /

verb

the past tense of tear 1

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tore ² British

/ tɔː /

noun

architect another name for torus

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Etymology

Origin of tore

< French < Latin torus

Example Sentences

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Since then you tore your ACL, but you never mentioned that.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

The resulting floods tore through the landscape, carving deep channels as the water rushed downhill.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

Canada had its second-worst fire year on record last year as wildfires tore through 5.3 million hectares of forest.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Carney tore up the rulebook, jumping from political neophyte to leading a G7 nation, and he is enjoying a lengthy honeymoon both in Canada and around the world as a globetrotting prime minister.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

He tore it open and let the wrapping paper fall to the carpet.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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