Synonyms for tear apart
| Grammar : Verb |
Top 10 synonyms for tear apart Other synonyms for the word tear apart
- abuse
- animadvert
- asperse
- attack
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- bash
- bawl out
- belittle
- berate
- blame
- blow off
- call on the carpet
- calumniate
- cap
- carp at
- carp on
- castigate
- cavil
- chew out
- climb all over
- contemn
- cuss out
- cut down
- cut to the quick
- cut up
- decry
- defame
- denigrate
- deprecate
- derogate
- disapprove
- discharge
- discipline
- discount
- disintegrate
- disparage
- do a number on
- dress down
- dump on
- erupt
- explode
- exprobate
- find fault with
- fly open
- fracture
- fragment
- fry
- get after
- give a black eye
- go after
- gush forth
- hurl brickbat
- impugn
- incriminate
- insult
- jawbone
- judge
- jump down one's throat
- jump on
- knock
- lay into
- lean on
- lecture
- lesson
- look askance
- minimize
- monish
- nag
- offend
- oppose
- oppress
- ostracize
- pay
- perforate
- persecute
- pick apart
- pick on
- pierce
- pop
- prick
- pull apart
- puncture
- put down
- rag on
- rake
- read
- read out
- rebuff
- rebuke
- remonstrate
- rend asunder
- reprehend
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprove
- revile
- ride
- rip
- rip up
- run
- run down
- rupture
- rush
- scold
- shatter
- shiver
- signify
- sit on
- slam
- slap
- sling mud
- smear
- sound
- sound off
- splinter
- split
- spout
- swear at
- take to task
- tear apart
- tell off
- tick off
- trash
- upbraid
- vilify
- vituperate
- zap
- zing
Définition of tear apart
- As in abuse : verb attack with words
- As in rebuke : verb reprimand; criticize harshly
- As in burst : verb blow up, break out
- As in censure : verb condemn; criticize severely
- Bake brown, tear apart while hot, and fill with fresh peaches crushed with sugar.
- Extract from : « The Myrtle Reed Cook Book » by Myrtle Reed
- No animal could tear apart the bales, and, even in the severest storm, no water could reach them.
- Extract from : « The Secret Cache » by E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill
- Can one illume a leaden sky,Or tear apart the shadowy veil Thicker than pitch, no star on high,Not one funereal glimmer pale?
- Extract from : « Baudelaire: His Prose and Poetry » by Charles Baudelaire
- By raising my elbow to its original position, and using it as a lever, I could tear apart the crushed fibres.
- Extract from : « The Wild Huntress » by Mayne Reid
- Under lateral pressure strata may fold to a certain point and then tear apart and fault along the surface of least resistance.
- Extract from : « The Elements of Geology » by William Harmon Norton
- In every line it revealed a determined effort to tear apart the great trusts and to put all business on a competitive basis.
- Extract from : « History of the United States » by Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard
- Say, round up the gang, will you, while I'm licking some of this stuff into shape for you to tear apart?
- Extract from : « Spacehounds of IPC » by Edward Elmer Smith
- He discovered, also, what old stumps to tear apart when he wanted a pleasantly acid tonic dose of the larvæ of the wood-ant.
- Extract from : « The Heart of the Ancient Wood » by Charles G. D. Roberts
Antonyms for tear apart
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