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tearing

1

[teer-ing]

adjective

  1. shedding tears. tear.



tearing

2

[tair-ing]

adjective

  1. violent or hasty.

    with tearing speed.

tearing

/ ˈɛəɪŋ /

adjective

  1. violent or furious (esp in the phrase tearing hurry or rush )

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • tearingly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tearing1

before 1000; Old English æԻ (not recorded in ME); tear 1, -ing 2

Origin of tearing2

First recorded in 1600–10; tear 2 + -ing 2
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement is stepping up new strategies and tearing down precedent to meet the White House’s demands.

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"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.

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Protesters swarmed around the vehicles, tearing the doors off and stomping on the windshields.

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“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.

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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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