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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. [1/10 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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