tears apart
Rips to pieces
Tears apart means to pull something into pieces forcefully, whether literally or figuratively.
You can tear apart a piece of paper, tear apart a room looking for something, or tear apart an argument by exposing its flaws.
Emotionally, something tears you apart when it causes intense inner conflict or distress: It tears me apart to see them fighting.
A critic tears apart a book by savaging it in review.
- shredTorn fragment
- demolishDestroy completely
- ripTear apart forcibly
- destroyCause complete ruin
- ruptureViolent tearing apart
torn to shreds · breaks down · rend · crushes · divorce · broken home · division · estrangement · breaking · parse · splitting · separation · critique · ravage · dismantle · heartbreak · dissect · disassemble
tears apartputs together
Combines into a whole
assembles · constructs · builds · pieces together · mends
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