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torn apart

torn apart is the past participle of tear apart.

Meaning of tear apart

Verb

tear apart (third-person singular simple present tears apart, present participle tearing apart, simple past tore apart, past participle torn apart)

  1. (transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, apart.
    • She tore her ex-boyfriend’s clothes apart in fury.
  2. (transitive) To destroy.
    • The bomb tore apart most of the town hall.
  3. (transitive) To cause to separate suddenly or violently.
    • Love, love will tear us apart again1979, Joy Division, “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
    Synonyms:
    rive
  4. (figuratively, transitive) To defeat overwhelmingly.
    • But Celtic could smell blood and they tore the Reds apart in the 12th minute.2011 February 1, Keir Murray, “Aberdeen 0 - 3 Celtic”, in BBC
    Synonyms:
    take apart

Questions about torn apart

What is torn apart the past participle of?
Torn apart is the past participle of tear apart.

Words near torn apart in the dictionary

  1. tormogens
  2. Tormé
  3. torn
  4. torn a cat
  5. torn along
  6. torn apart
  7. torn ass
  8. torn at
  9. torn away
  10. torn down
  11. torn into

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