torn off
Yanked away forcibly
Torn off describes something ripped or pulled away from a larger whole: The label had been torn off the bottle.
It can indicate hasty separation: She tore off a piece of bread.
Figuratively, to tear off can mean to produce something quickly: He tore off a memo in five minutes.
- severedCut off completely
- pulled outRemoved or exited
- pulled apartForcibly separated into pieces
- shreddedTorn into strips
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
stripped away · detached · rent · snapped · wrenched · tear · fractured · cleaved · estranged · sliced · lacerated · amputated · shattered · scraped · splintered · ruptured · dismantled · uprooted