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tearing
2[tair-ing]
adjective
violent or hasty.
with tearing speed.
tearing
/ ˈɛəɪŋ /
adjective
violent or furious (esp in the phrase tearing hurry or rush )
Other Word Forms
- tearingly adverb
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is stepping up new strategies and tearing down precedent to meet the White House’s demands.
"As I got that phone call, it was like my heart just got ripped in half straight away and slowly along the drive it was tearing into smaller pieces," he said.
Protesters swarmed around the vehicles, tearing the doors off and stomping on the windshields.
“Trump’s military-style mass deportation ICE raids in California have gone too far, tearing families apart and threatening public safety,” he said in a statement.
Leading up to the workplace raid, federal agents arrested immigrants as they came to scheduled check-ins or made courthouse appearances up and down the state, tearing apart families.
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