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1. Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
   "in a tearing rage";
   - fierce, vehement, violent, trigger-happy

1. Shedding tears
   - lacrimation, lachrymation, watering

1. Separate or cause to separate abruptly
   "tear the paper";
   - rupture, snap, bust
    
2. To separate or be separated by force
    
3. Move quickly and violently
   "The car tore down the street";
   - shoot, shoot down, charge, buck, bomb [Brit], scream
    
4. Strip of feathers
   "tear the capon";
   - pluck, pull, deplume, deplumate, displume

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Derived forms: tearings

See also: intense, tear apart, tear down, tear up

Type of: activity, belt along, bodily function, bodily process, body process, bucket along, cannonball along, disunite, divide, hasten, hie [archaic], hotfoot, hurry, part, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, separate, speed, step on it, strip, travel rapidly, zip

Encyclopedia: Tearing