tear apart (English, verb)
expansion: tear apart (third-person singular simple present tears apart, present participle tearing apart, simple past tore apart, past participle torn apart)
Senses:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, apart.
tags: transitive
glosses: to destroy
tags: transitive
glosses: to cause to separate
tags: transitive
glosses: to severely defeat
tags: figuratively
transitive
Forms:
form: tears apart
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tearing apart
tags: participle
present
form: tore apart
tags: past
form: torn apart
tags: participle
past