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English verb: tear up

1. tear up (contact) tear into shreds


Synonymsrip up, shred


Pattern of useSomething ----s.
Somebody ----s something.
Something ----s something


Broader (hypernym)bust, rupture, snap, tear


Narrower (hyponym)tease









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