tearing apart
Destroying by separation
Tearing apart is forcefully separating something into pieces, whether physical or figurative.
You can tear apart a cardboard box, tear apart an argument by exposing its flaws, or tear apart a room searching for lost keys.
Emotional devastation also tears apart: The news of his death is tearing me apart.
Critics tear apart bad performances; rivals tear apart alliances.
- ripTear apart forcibly
- shredTorn fragment
- rendingTearing apart forcefully
- breakInterrupt continuity
- break downFail mechanically or emotionally
torn to shreds · dismantle · ravage · disassemble · piece by piece · lacerating · divide · fragment · eviscerate · devastation · split · agony · parsing · rupture · pulverizing · examination · crushing · destroy
- breaking downsplitting, fragmenting, dividing, breaking up, partitioning
tearing apartmending
Restoring damaged items
repairing · fixing · restoring · piecing together · rebuilding
tearing apartputting together
Combining into a whole
assembling · bringing together · constructing · building · joining
tearing apartbringing together
uniting · reconciling · reuniting · mending · bonding
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