tear
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Sense: Noun: teardrop
Synonyms:
teardrop, drop Collocations, drip Collocations, droplet, discharge Collocations, moisture Collocations
Antonyms:
Sense: Noun: weeping - plural
Synonyms:
weeping Collocations, crying Collocations, sobbing, waterworks, floods of tears , flood of tears , bawling, blubbering, blubbing
Sense: Noun: rip
Synonyms:
rip Collocations, slit Collocations, split Collocations, piercing Collocations, laceration, gash, rift Collocations, puncture Collocations, rupture, fissure, cut Collocations, breach Collocations, crack Collocations, hole Collocations
Sense: Verb: rip
Synonyms:
rip Collocations, split Collocations, cut Collocations, shred Collocations, sever Collocations, rend, lacerate, tear up, pull apart
Antonyms:
repair Collocations, patch up, restore Collocations, sew Collocations, unite, attach Collocations, mend Collocations, fix Collocations, heal Collocations, stitch Collocations, weld Collocations, solder
Sense: Verb: cut open - skin
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Sense: Verb: remove by pulling
Synonyms:
pull Collocations, yank Collocations, wrench Collocations, wrest, rip Collocations, snatch Collocations, grab Collocations, seize Collocations
Sense: Verb: cause a division - usually followed by 'apart'
Synonyms:
cause a division, split apart, divide Collocations, cause a rift between, drive a wedge between, separate Collocations
Sense: Verb: rush into a place
Synonyms:
storm Collocations, rush Collocations, charge Collocations, fly Collocations, speed Collocations, shoot Collocations, bolt Collocations, race Collocations, zip Collocations, zoom, run Collocations, dash Collocations, hurry Collocations, sprint, belt Collocations, whirl Collocations, breeze Collocations, whisk Collocations, blow Collocations, rocket Collocations, motor Collocations