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torn off

torn off is the past participle of tear off.

Meaning of tear off

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To rip away from; to pull a piece from forcibly.
    • Do not tear off the price tag if you want to return that shirt.
    Synonyms:
    detach
  2. (intransitive) To become detached by tearing or ripping.
    Synonyms:
    remove, rip off
  3. (intransitive) To leave or depart rapidly.
    • The fugitive tore off down the alley.
    Synonyms:
    flee
  4. (transitive) To remove all of a roof (shingles, etc.) down to the wood deck.

Questions about torn off

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

Words near torn off in the dictionary

  1. torn at
  2. torn away
  3. torn down
  4. torn into
  5. torn it up
  6. torn off
  7. torn one's hair
  8. torn one's hair out
  9. torn out
  10. torn someone a new asshole
  11. torn someone a new one

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Adapted from Wiktionary: torn off (page history and authors); tear off (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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