Antonyms for tearing up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : teer

Phonetic Transcription : tɪər

Definition of tearing up

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 raze : verb flatten, knock down; wipe out
As in uproot : verb destroy; rip out of a place
As in wreck : verb ruin, destroy

Example sentences :

What are his plans for his new show that he is tearing up Forty-second Street about?
Extract from : « Blue-grass and Broadway » by Maria Thompson Daviess

He began by tearing up a large number of bushes by the roots.
Extract from : « Deserted » by Edward Bellamy

She had a reason for tearing up some and not bothering about others.
Extract from : « Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman » by Emma Speed Sampson

In fact, it had us shooting and tearing up the West in general.
Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl

There he lay glaring furiously and tearing up the soil with his horns.
Extract from : « Maiwa's Revenge » by H. Rider Haggard

Well he knew they would be tearing up the mountain to the rescue.
Extract from : « Starlight Ranch » by Charles King

The sky was dark and a squall was tearing up the waters of the lake.
Extract from : « Freaks on the Fells » by R.M. Ballantyne

They knelt together, tearing up the weeds and loosening the earth.
Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson

Guerillas were roving about, tearing up ties and destroying bridges.
Extract from : « The Crisis, Complete » by Winston Churchill

This tearing up of roots is a much sorrier business than I had imagined.
Extract from : « The Prairie Child » by Arthur Stringer

Synonyms for tearing up

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