Meanings (ES + gloss)
desgarrar • rasgar • ripear • terrafear
To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
He tore his coat on the nail.
Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.…
arrancar • ripear
To remove by tearing, or with sudden great force.
Tear the coupon out of the newspaper.
[A] surge of muddy water tore him free from his sandy nook and tumbled him down the gully.
demoler
To demolish.
The slums were torn down to make way for the new development.
desgarrarse
To become torn, especially accidentally.
My dress has torn.
Phrases
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