tore
Pulled right apart
Tore is the past tense of tear, meaning to rip or pull apart: She tore the letter in half.
It extends to moving with force or speed: He tore down the street.
To be torn between options is to feel pulled in opposite directions.
Moved with great speed
- sprintedRan at top speed
- boltedFastened or fled suddenly
- dashedMoved with sudden speed
- flewTraveled through air
barreled · charged · sped · hurtled · zoomed · careened · scrambled · hustled
Break apart suddenly
- rupturedSplit from strain
- herniatedAbnormally protruding through membrane
- perforatedHaving holes throughout
- breachedBroke past a barrier
fractured · fissured · blown · aneurysm · laceration · ligament · tendon · ACL
Completely destroyed a structure
- wreckedUtterly destroyed
- ravagedSeverely damaged or destroyed
- ruinedDamaged beyond recovery
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
trashed · obliterated · annihilated · dismantled · razed · leveled · gutted · ransacked
tattered
Ripped and worn out
rent · rip · gash · slash · lacerated · split · jagged · worn · damaged · cut
raced
Moved with great speed
flew · barreled · charged · sped · hurtled · zoomed · careened · scrambled · hustled · blazed
burst
Break apart suddenly
- rupturedSplit from strain
- herniatedAbnormally protruding through membrane
- perforatedHaving holes throughout
breached · fractured · fissured · blown · aneurysm · laceration · ligament · tendon · ACL · meniscus
demolished
Completely destroyed a structure
devastated · trashed · obliterated · annihilated · dismantled · razed · leveled · gutted · ransacked · vandalized
split
Separation into parts
ripped apart · sundered · detached · parted · wrenched · pulled apart · disjoined · dissected · halved · bisected
- Turkic Titleskhan, bey, beg, aga, agha
- fell apartcrumbled, shattered, collapsed, disintegrated, broke down
- torn apartForcibly separated into pieces
- torn upRipped or emotionally wrecked
- tore apartForcibly ripped into pieces
- torn to piecesViolently ripped apart
- tore offRemoved by pulling sharply
- tore upDestroyed by shredding