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Definition of Tear apart
1. Verb. Express a totally negative opinion of. "Sam and Sue tear apart the movie "; "The critics panned the performance"
Definition of Tear apart
1. Verb. (transitive) to tear or rip something to cause it to come apart ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) to destroy ¹
3. Verb. (idiomatic transitive) to cause to separate ¹
4. Verb. (idiomatic transitive sports) to severely defeat ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tear Apart
Literary usage of Tear apart
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cicero: Ten Orations and Selected Letters by Marcus Tullius Cicero (1912)
"... tear apart], m., plunderer, marauder, ... apart, and rapio, seize], tear apart,
lay waste, ravage, plunder, ..."
2. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"... ere, to tear apart, rend asunder, tear in pieces, separate violently, tear:
res a natura ... F i g., to tear apart, ..."
3. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"... ere, to tear apart, remi asunder, tear in pieces, separate violently, ...
F ig., to tear apart, destroy, sunder, distract: commoda civium : rem ..."
4. Cicero: Ten Orations and Selected Letters by Marcus Tullius Cicero (1912)
"... tear apart], m., plunderer, marauder, ... apart, and rapio, seize], tear apart,
lay waste, ravage, plunder, ..."
5. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"... ere, to tear apart, rend asunder, tear in pieces, separate violently, tear:
res a natura ... F i g., to tear apart, ..."
6. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"... ere, to tear apart, remi asunder, tear in pieces, separate violently, ...
F ig., to tear apart, destroy, sunder, distract: commoda civium : rem ..."
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