tear apart
Example Sentences
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By 1860, hundreds of thousands had been moved southward, tearing apart families while fueling the Cotton Kingdom.
As bubbles accumulate, the magma becomes more buoyant and rises faster, sometimes tearing apart and erupting explosively.
From Science Daily
Maybe it was easier to tear apart the evidence than to acknowledge they’d once imbued those totems with power.
From Los Angeles Times
“As that bullet slows down,” said trauma surgeon Babak Sarani, an authority on casualties from mass killings, “that energy is so massive it has to go someplace, and your body will literally tear apart.”
From Washington Post
It would also cool waters in the Atlantic and lead to stronger wind shear that could tear apart tropical storms, a promising sign for a quieter hurricane season.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
