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Antonyms for tear off
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : tair-awf, -of |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛərˌɔf, -ˌɒf |
- associate
- attach
- break
- calculate
- combine
- confuse
- connect
- couple
- cover
- crush
- demolish
- demote
- deny
- derange
- desegregate
- destroy
- disallow
- disarrange
- discourage
- dismantle
- disorder
- disorganize
- disperse
- dissuade
- divide
- end
- fail
- fasten
- finish
- fix
- gather
- give up
- halt
- hitch
- hold
- hook
- ignore
- join
- kill
- link
- lose
- marry
- measure
- merge
- neglect
- prevent
- raze
- refuse
- refute
- remain
- renounce
- ruin
- scatter
- separate
- stay
- stop
- tell truth
- terminate
- unite
- veto
Definition of tear off
Origin :- 1650s, mainly in American English, from tear (n.1). Related: Teared; tearing. Old English verb tæherian did not survive into Middle English.
- As in make : verb create, build
- As in peel : verb take off outer covering
- As in uncouple : verb detach
- As in detach : verb disconnect, cut off
Synonyms for tear off
- abstract
- accomplish
- adjust
- arrange
- assemble
- beget
- brew
- bring about
- cause
- compose
- conceive
- constitute
- construct
- cook
- cook up
- dash off
- decorticate
- delaminate
- desquamate
- disaffiliate
- disassemble
- disassociate
- disconnect
- disengage
- disentangle
- disjoin
- dismount
- dissociate
- disunite
- divide
- divorce
- draw on
- dream up
- effect
- engender
- excorticate
- exfoliate
- fabricate
- fashion
- flake
- flay
- forge
- form
- frame
- free
- generate
- get ready
- give rise to
- hatch
- initiate
- invent
- isolate
- knock off
- lead to
- loose
- loosen
- manufacture
- mold
- occasion
- originate
- pare
- parent
- part
- prepare
- procreate
- produce
- pull off
- put together
- remove
- scale
- secure
- segregate
- separate
- sever
- shape
- shave
- skin
- spawn
- strip
- sunder
- synthesize
- take apart
- tear off
- throw together
- uncouple
- uncover
- unfasten
- unfix
- unhitch
- whip
- whip out
- withdraw
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