torn away
Separated by force
Torn away describes something or someone removed forcibly or abruptly from where they belong.
Physical objects can be torn away by wind or force: The storm tore away part of the roof.
More often the phrase is emotional—being torn away from family, home, or a moment means separation against one's will or desire: She was torn away from her children.
The passive form emphasizes the unwillingness of the one removed.
Using force or coercion
- wrenchedTwisted suddenly, painfully
- rippedTorn or very muscular
- yankedPulled abruptly
- grabbedTook suddenly by hand
seized · snatched · dragged · abducted · kidnapped · captured · wrested · pulled
Emotional separation between people
- partingAct of leaving another
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
- disconnectionState of being severed
uprooting · wrenched · displacement · removal · extraction · split · divided · dislocated
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- voidWithout legal effect
- emptinessAbsence of substance
absence · yearning · longing · pining · nostalgia · wistfulness · bereft · deprived
Deep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- despairTotal absence of hope
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
torment · wounded · suffering · bereft · devastated · shattered · broken · inconsolable
Completely destroyed a structure
- razedDestroyed a structure completely
- obliteratedUtterly and completely destroyed
- shatteredBroken into fragments
- crumbledBroke into particles
collapsed · disintegrated · ruined · wrecked · devastated · leveled · flattened · gutted
forcibly
Using force or coercion
grabbed · seized · snatched · dragged · abducted · kidnapped · captured · wrested · pulled · plucked
estrangement
Emotional separation between people
- partingAct of leaving another
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
disconnection · uprooting · wrenched · displacement · removal · extraction · split · divided · dislocated · pulled apart
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- voidWithout legal effect
emptiness · absence · yearning · longing · pining · nostalgia · wistfulness · bereft · deprived · robbed
heartache
Deep emotional distress
agony · torment · wounded · suffering · bereft · devastated · shattered · broken · inconsolable · grieving
demolished
Completely destroyed a structure
- razedDestroyed a structure completely
- obliteratedUtterly and completely destroyed
- shatteredBroken into fragments
crumbled · collapsed · disintegrated · ruined · wrecked · devastated · leveled · flattened · gutted · dismantled