tearers
Those who rip
Tearers are people or things that tear.
Someone who tears paper, fabric, or other material into pieces is a tearer.
The word applies equally to those who tear things apart destructively and to those who tear carefully for a purpose, like tearing tickets at a theater entrance.
Machines designed to shred or rip materials may also be called tearers.
The document tearers worked through the night destroying sensitive files.
Animal gripping nails
- hooksCurved catching devices
- grippersTools for grasping objects
- pliersHinged metal gripping tool
- pincersGripping tool or claws
extractors · removers · pullers · teeth · serrations · blades · edges · implements
Tools for tearing
- shreddersCutting machines for disposal
- destroyersFast armed naval vessels
- demolishersThose who destroy structures
- pullersThings that tug
wreckers · renderers · splitters · slashers · cutters · manglers · mutilators · ravagers
Cutting machines for disposal
- perforatorsTools that make holes
- couponsRedeemable discount certificates
- ticketsDocuments permitting entry
- stubsRetained receipt portions
receipts · perforation · dotted lines · notebooks · separators · detachers · tabs · sheets
Varieties, injuries, or sifts
- pullsDraws toward oneself
- injuriesBodily damage or harm
- sprainsTorn or stretched ligaments
- rupturesBreaks or bursts suddenly
fibers · ligaments · tendons · overexertion · athletes · rehabilitation · damage · stretching
Those who shed tears
- sobbersThose who weep audibly
- criersPublic announcers or weepers
- mournersThose lamenting a death
- grieversThose experiencing bereavement
heartbreakers · devastators · movers · stirrers · touchstones · sentimentalists · melodramas · tragedies
claws
Animal gripping nails
pincers · extractors · removers · pullers · teeth · serrations · blades · edges · implements · devices
rippers
Tools for tearing
- shreddersCutting machines for disposal
- destroyersFast armed naval vessels
- demolishersThose who destroy structures
pullers · wreckers · renderers · splitters · slashers · cutters · manglers · mutilators · ravagers · ruiners
shredders
Cutting machines for disposal
- perforatorsTools that make holes
- couponsRedeemable discount certificates
- ticketsDocuments permitting entry
stubs · receipts · perforation · dotted lines · notebooks · separators · detachers · tabs · sheets · cardboard
strains
Varieties, injuries, or sifts
ruptures · fibers · ligaments · tendons · overexertion · athletes · rehabilitation · damage · stretching · healing
weepers
Those who shed tears
grievers · heartbreakers · devastators · movers · stirrers · touchstones · sentimentalists · melodramas · tragedies · farewells
tearersbuilders
Those who construct things
constructors · makers · creators · assemblers · fabricators