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Definition of Tearing
1. Adjective. Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid. "Violent passions"
Similar to: Intense
Derivative terms: Fierceness
2. Noun. Shedding tears.
Generic synonyms: Activity, Bodily Function, Bodily Process, Body Process
Derivative terms: Tear, Water
Definition of Tearing
1. Verb. (present participle of tear) ¹
2. Adjective. very hasty ¹
3. Noun. The act by which something is torn; a laceration. ¹
4. Noun. (computer graphics) Distortion of an animated display when the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions of two or more frames. ¹
5. Noun. (medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tearing
1. tear [v] - See also: tear
Medical Definition of Tearing
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tearing
Literary usage of Tearing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... when at the windows of the attics in the chateau appeared men-servants tearing
their liveries to pieces. They flung their torn clothes into the garden, ..."
2. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1791)
"[ 142 ] (R- 4) Revocation by Obliterating, tearing, &C, ... tearing^ er alliterating
the Came by the ..."
3. A Selection of Cases on Commercial Law by James Calvin Reed (1917)
"WILL tearing A WILL AMOUNT TO A REVOCATION? DOE D. PERKES v. PERKES 3 B. & Ald.
439 (1820) Ejectment for messuages and lands in the parish of Walsall. ..."
4. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"... alehouse or a brandy-shop to be married, even on a Sunday stopping them as
they go to church, and almost tearing their clothes off their backs. ..."