tear out

VERB
  1. remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
    extract a bad tooth
    take out a splinter
    extract information from the telegram
    pull weeds
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How To Use tear out In A Sentence

  • In the spring the hungry animals tear out birds nests and eat eggs and young.
  • And how many boats have their windlasses, cleats and bitts attached firmly enough that they would not tear out?
  • If we're living in the house, can't very well tear out all that old plaster and lath. THE SHIPPING NEWS
  • Halve the peppers lengthways, tear out and discard the white core and seeds then lay the peppers cut-side up in a baking dish.
  • And now, my dear Severn, when you have read this rantipole page, walk soberly into your bed-room, put on your night cap, heave a sigh, squeeze a tear out if you can, and lament over my unfortunate, sad, lost state; while I roar with laughter at all wise fellows like yourself. New Letters from Charles Brown to Joseph Severn
  • He'll disown me, hire thousands of assassins to torture me, tear out my innards, gouge my eyes, stab me in my gut, tear me apart limb to limb, then kill me.
  • I'm going to tear out his gizzard and feed it to my cat.
  • I will keep no further journal of that same hesternal torch-light; and, to prevent me from returning, like a dog, to the vomit of memory, I tear out the remaining leaves of this volume, and write, in Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals
  • Its usual reaction when abused by an attacker is to tear out its own hair rather than attempt to bite.
  • An hour later, he came upon a hollow tree, filled with doty wood which he could tear out with his hands and he built a fire and broiled a little more bacon. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
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