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| chew |
to tear or grind between the teeth. |
| claw |
to scratch, tear, dig, or pull with or as if with claws. [1/4 definitions] |
| demolish |
to tear down or destroy. |
| dismantle |
to tear down; take apart. |
| fang |
a long, pointed tooth. Some animals use their fangs to hold and tear prey. Some snakes have hollow fangs through which they inject poison. |
| homograph |
a word that has the same spelling as another but a different meaning and history. Homographs are often pronounced differently from each other. In the sentence, "She shed a tear over the tear in her dress," the two words spelled "t-e-a-r" are homographs. |
| level |
to tear down or destroy. [1/10 definitions] |
| patch |
a small piece of material used to cover a hole or tear or to make a weak place stronger. [1/6 definitions] |
| peel1 |
to pull, tear, or cut the outer covering from. [1/5 definitions] |
| pull |
to tear in a specific way. [1/8 definitions] |
| rip1 |
to cut open, off, or apart with force; tear. [3 definitions] |
| rupture |
to break or tear open. [1/3 definitions] |
| shred |
to cut or tear to shreds. [1/3 definitions] |
| split |
to break up or separate by force or as though by force; tear apart. [1/11 definitions] |
| tear1 |
A tear is a drop of liquid that comes from the eye. Tears clean the eye and keep it wet. When people cry, their eyes make a large amount of tears. Tears sometimes fall from their eyes. |
| tear2 |
When you tear something, you pull it apart or into pieces. Things that we tear are often things like paper, cloth, and other thin, flat materials. [6 definitions] |
| tore |
past tense of "tear2." |
| torn |
the past participle of "tear2." |
| uproot |
to pull up or tear out of the ground by the roots. [1/2 definitions] |
| wreck |
to tear down or apart. [1/4 definitions] |
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