The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - tearv.

1) rip, rend, rive, rupture, pull apart, shred, mutilate, mangle, claw, split, divide, separate, sever: The tiger is tearing its quarry to shreds. He tore the contract in half and stormed out. 2) pull, snatch, wrench: The force of the blast tore the attach‚ case from my grasp. The child was torn from her mother's arms by the soldier. 3) dash, fly, run, gallop, race, sprint, rush, scoot, shoot, sprint, speed, bolt, dart, flit, scurry, scuttle, career, zoom, hurry, hasten, Colloq zip: He is tearing around trying to find the money to cover his loan. --n. 4) rip, rent, rupture, hole, split, slash, gore, cut, score, slit, gash, fissure, rift, laceration: Nobody will see the tear in your trousers if you remain seated.