Another word for tearing

tearing Synonyms

tearing

ripping, slicing, rending, cutting up, slashing, slitting, breaking, lacerating, severing, bursting, cleaving, parting in two, splitting, tearing down, destroying, knocking apart, sundering.

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Toni bellowed, tearing after her.
He pounced, tearing at the jumper.
He grabbed her arm, and she twisted, punching him hard in the jaw before tearing away.
Do you know they're tearing up the fence behind the barn?
It reared, tearing the reins from her hands as it threw her.

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