| Main Entry: | tear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut, rip an object |
Synonyms: |
break, claw, cleave, crack, damage, divide, evulse, extract, fray, frazzle, gash, grab, impair, incise, injure, jigsaw, lacerate, mangle, mutilate, pluck, pull, pull apart, rend, ribbon, rift, rive, run, rupture, scratch, seize, separate, sever, shred, slash, slit, snatch, split, sunder, wrench, wrest, yank |
Antonyms: |
fix, mend, sew |
| Main Entry: | tear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move very fast |
Synonyms: |
boil, bolt, career, charge, chase, course, dart, dash, fling, fly, gallop, hurry, lash, race, run, rush, shoot, speed, spring, zoom |
Antonyms: |
idle, wait |
| Main Entry: | torn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cut open |
Synonyms: |
broken, burst, cleaved, cracked, damaged, divided, fractured, gashed, impaired, lacerated, mangled, ragged, rent, ripped, ruptured, severed, shabby, slashed, sliced, slit, snapped, split, wrenched |
Antonyms: |
fixed, healed, mended, perfect |
| Main Entry: | torn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | undecided |
Synonyms: |
divided, irresolute, of two minds, split, uncertain, unsure, vacillating, wavering |
Antonyms: |
certain, decided, resolute, sure |
| Main Entry: | asunder |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | apart; into pieces |
Synonyms: |
disconnected, disjoined, divided, in half, loose, separated, split, to shreds, torn |
Antonyms: |
together |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; make whole into pieces |
Synonyms: |
annihilate, batter, burst, bust, bust up, crack, crash, crush, damage, demolish, disintegrate, divide, eradicate, finish off, fracture, fragment, make hash of, make mincemeat of, part, pull to pieces, rend, separate, sever, shatter, shiver, smash, snap, splinter, split, tear, torpedo, total, trash* |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
Antonyms: |
attach, fasten, fix, join, mend, put together, secure |
| Main Entry: | bustle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move around quickly, busily |
Synonyms: |
bestir, dash, dust, flit, flutter, fuss, hasten, hum, hurry, hustle, run, rush, scamper, scramble, scurry, scuttle, stir, tear, whirl, whisk |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack |
Synonyms: |
assail, assault, blindside, bolt, buck, bushwhack, chase, dash, invade, jump on, lunge, mug, rush, smash, stampede, storm, tear |
Antonyms: |
retreat |
| Main Entry: | chase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run after, pursue |
Synonyms: |
bird-dog, charge, chivy, course, drive, drive away, expel, follow, go after, hound, hunt, run down, rush, seek, shag, speed, take off after, tear, track, track down, trail |
Antonyms: |
escape, retreat, run away |
| Main Entry: | claw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | using sharp nail |
Synonyms: |
break, dig, graze, hurt, itch, lacerate, mangle, maul, open, rip, scrabble, scrap, scrape, scratch, tear |