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Definitions for tearing
tear·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. lacrimation, lachrymation, tearing, wateringadjective

    shedding tears

  2. fierce, tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happyadjective

    marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid

    "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions"

Wiktionary

  1. tearingnoun

    The act by which something is torn; a laceration.

  2. tearingnoun

    Distortion of an animated display when the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions of two or more frames.

  3. tearingnoun

    continuous shedding of tears; epiphora

  4. tearingadjective

    very hasty

    a tearing hurry

Wikipedia

  1. Tearing

    Tearing is the act of breaking apart a material by force, without the aid of a cutting tool. A tear in a piece of paper, fabric, or some other similar object may be the result of the intentional effort with one's bare hands, or be accidental. Unlike a cut, which is generally on a straight or patterned line controlled by a tool such as scissors, a tear is generally uneven and, for the most part, unplanned. An exception is a tear along a perforated line, as found on a roll of toilet paper or paper towels, which has been previously partially cut, so the effort of tearing will probably produce a straight line. Materials vary in their susceptibility to tearing. Some materials may be quite resistant to tearing when they are in their full form, but when a small cut or tear is made, the material becomes compromised, and the effort needed to continue tearing along that line becomes less. Materials can be characterized by standard test methods to measure their tear resistance. There are several applicable standards which vary around the world. The variables which affect the tear strength can be summarized neatly by the quote: "The value of tear strength obtained depends on the shape of the test piece, speed of stretching and temperature of test."

ChatGPT

  1. tearing

    Tearing is the act of ripping or breaking apart something into pieces by force, often causing damage or destruction. It can also refer to the production of liquid from the eyes, often as a result of strong emotions or physical irritations.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tearing

    of Tear

Wikidata

  1. Tearing

    Tearing is the act of breaking apart a material by force, without the aid of a cutting tool. A tear in a piece of paper, fabric, or some other similar object may be the result of the intentional effort with one's bare hands, or be accidental. Unlike a cut, which is generally on a straight or patterned line controlled by a tool such as scissors, a tear is generally uneven and, for the most part, unplanned. An exception is a tear along a perforated line, as found on a roll of toilet paper or paper towels, which has been previously partially cut, so the effort of tearing will probably produce a straight line. Materials vary in their susceptibility to tearing. Some materials may be quite resistant to tearing when they are in their full form, but when a small cut or tear is made, the material becomes compromised, and the effort needed to continue tearing along that line becomes less. Materials can be characterized by standard methods to measure their 'tear strength'. There are several applicable standards which vary around the world. The variables which affect the tear strength can be summarized neatly by the quote: "The value of tear strength obtained depends on the shape of the test piece, speed of stretching and temperature of test."

Anagrams for tearing »

  1. tigrean

  2. angrite

  3. granite

  4. ingrate

  5. tangier

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tearing in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tearing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of tearing in a Sentence

  1. Kobe Bryant:

    I'm looking around the room and I'm seeing guys that I am playing with and tearing the league up that were four when I was in my first All-Star game, i'm really just enjoying this whole thing being around the players, talking to them one more time.

  2. Joseph Baena:

    Oh, it's a huge, huge honor. You know, I mean, all these huge names, like Mark Wahlberg, [Dwayne] The Rock [Johnson], my father – it's really just a big honor and privilege to be even considered as one of the covers and let alone the youngest cover in Men's Health, so, you know, I still haven't absorbed everything. I still haven't let it all in yet. I was just talking to my mom a little bit ago, and I was tearing up.

  3. Sunil Joshi:

    There is a clear reason why this is happening in Florida, new homes are being developed, and we are tearing down armadillos' homes in the process. Now these creatures are coming out in the daytime, and the people who are getting exposed are those working outside.

  4. Michael Pfleger:

    In my mind, this is absolutely unacceptable, this is why the bridge between police and community is so destroyed now. If I hired at my church a guy who was indicted and awaiting trail for killing a police officer, they would be tearing me up.

  5. John Tavares:

    As we got back from L.A., I just felt like my heart was in two places: where I'm from, and a place where I've been for a long time that helped become the man that I am today, my gut was just tearing apart; my heart was tearing apart trying to figure out what I wanted to do. It was quite the process.

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