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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Tear \Tear\ (t[^a]r), v. t. [imp. Tore (t[=o]r), ((Obs.
     Tare) (t[^a]r); p. p. Torn (t[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n.
     Tearing.] [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS. farterian to
     destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear,
     zehren to consume, Icel. t[ae]ra, Goth. gata['i]ran to
     destroy, Lith. dirti to flay, Russ. drate to pull, to tear,
     Gr. de`rein to flay, Skr. dar to burst. [root]63. Cf. Darn,
     Epidermis, Tarre, Tirade.]
     1. To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend;
        to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear
        the skin or flesh.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend;
        as, a party or government torn by factions.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to
        sunder; as, a child torn from its home.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The hand of fate
              Hath torn thee from me.               --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To move violently; to agitate. ``Once I loved torn ocean's
        roar.'' --Byron.
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     To tear a cat, to rant violently; to rave; -- especially
        applied to theatrical ranting. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     To tear down, to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down.
        
  
     To tear off, to pull off by violence; to strip.
  
     To tear out, to pull or draw out by violence; as, to tear
        out the eyes.
  
     To tear up, to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by
        violence; as, to tear up a floor; to tear up the
        foundation of government or order.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Tear \Tear\ (t[^a]r), v. t. [imp. Tore (t[=o]r), ((Obs.
     Tare) (t[^a]r); p. p. Torn (t[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n.
     Tearing.] [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS. farterian to
     destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear,
     zehren to consume, Icel. t[ae]ra, Goth. gata['i]ran to
     destroy, Lith. dirti to flay, Russ. drate to pull, to tear,
     Gr. de`rein to flay, Skr. dar to burst. [root]63. Cf. Darn,
     Epidermis, Tarre, Tirade.]
     1. To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend;
        to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear
        the skin or flesh.
  
              Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator. --Shak.
  
     2. Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend;
        as, a party or government torn by factions.
  
     3. To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to
        sunder; as, a child torn from its home.
  
              The hand of fate Hath torn thee from me. --Addison.
  
     4. To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.
  
     5. To move violently; to agitate. ``Once I loved torn ocean's
        roar.'' --Byron.
  
     To tear a cat, to rant violently; to rave; -- especially
        applied to theatrical ranting. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     To tear down, to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down.
        
  
     To tear off, to pull off by violence; to strip.
  
     To tear out, to pull or draw out by violence; as, to tear
        out the eyes.
  
     To tear up, to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by
        violence; as, to tear up a floor; to tear up the
        foundation of government or order.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  tearing
       adj : marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions;
             inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty";
             "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent
             passions" [syn: fierce, vehement, violent, trigger-happy]
       n : shedding tears [syn: lacrimation, lachrymation, watering]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  tearing
     a.
     1 (lb en colloquial) enormous; of great size or impact
     2 (lb en colloquial) very hasty
     n.
     1 The act by which something is torn; a laceration.
     2 (lb en computer graphics) Distortion of an animated display when
  the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions
  of two or more frames.
     vb.
     (present participle of en tear nocat=1)
     n.
     (lb en medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  tearing
     a.
     1 (lb en colloquial) enormous; of great size or impact
     2 (lb en colloquial) very hasty
     n.
     1 The act by which something is torn; a laceration.
     2 (lb en computer graphics) Distortion of an animated display when
  the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions
  of two or more frames.
     vb.
     (present participle of en tear nocat=1)
     n.
     (lb en medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  tearing
     a.
     1 (lb en colloquial) enormous; of great size or impact
     2 (lb en colloquial) very hasty
     n.
     1 The act by which something is torn; a laceration.
     2 (lb en computer graphics) Distortion of an animated display when
  the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions
  of two or more frames.
     vb.
     (present participle of en tear nocat=1)
     n.
     (lb en medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  tearing
     a.
     1 (lb en colloquial) enormous; of great size or impact
     2 (lb en colloquial) very hasty
     n.
     1 The act by which something is torn; a laceration.
     2 (lb en computer graphics) Distortion of an animated display when
  the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions
  of two or more frames.
     vb.
     (present participle of en tear nocat=1)
     n.
     (lb en medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  tearing
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en tear ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb tear)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Tearing /tˈeəɹɪŋ/
  التمزيق

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  tearing /tˈeəɹɪŋ/ 
  prudký

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  tearing /tˈeəɹɪŋ/ 
  slzící

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  tearing /tˈeəɹɪŋ/ 
  trhající

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  tearing /tˈeəɹɪŋ/
  fegend, rasend, bretternd, donnernd
     Synonyms: racing, barreling, barrelling
  
   see: race, tear, barrel, raced, torn, barreled, barrelled
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  tearing /tˈeəɹɪŋ/
  reißend
     Synonym: severing
  
   see: tear, sever, torn, severed
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  tearing /tˈeəɹɪŋ/
  zerreißend, zerfetzend
     Synonym: ripping
  
   see: tear sth., rip sth., torn, ripped, he/she tears, he/she rips, I/he/she tore
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  tearing /tˈeəɹɪŋ/
  cijepanje, kidanje, prekidni

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  tearing /tˈeəɹɪŋ/
  1. (k. dili) çılgınca
  2. (İng.) korkunç, kocaman .

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈtɛɹɪŋ/, /ˈtɪɹɪŋ/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 撕裂的,痛苦的;
  vbl. 扯裂,裂开;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 撕裂的,痛苦的,猛烈的

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