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Definition of Tear into
1. Verb. Hit violently, as in an attack. "The fighter managed to tear into his opponent"
Definition of Tear into
1. Verb. To subject to a heavy attack, physical or figurative. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tear Into
Literary usage of Tear into
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Number by Development: A Method of Number Instruction by John Cameron Gray (1919)
"Some will tear into equal pieces, others into two parts carelessly. Those who
tear into equal pieces will do so not because they know or think that the ..."
2. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1900)
"We have entirely different conditions to deal with when the tissues cannot be
separated readily, in which we can easily tear into the surrounding organs. ..."
3. Birmingham Medical Review (1892)
"tear into the pericardial sac, and behind by a smooth-edged clean teat into the
right pleural cavity. The pericardium contained a little turbid fluid. ..."
4. Icelandic Legends by Jón Árnason, Eiríkr Magnússon, George E. J. Powell (1866)
"From the eye of the princess there fell one tear, into a corner of the cloth,
and she at once tied that corner into a knot. After this, Mori came to her, ..."
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