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tear

tear - verb

To separate or pull apart by force: rend, rip, rive, run, split. See assemble. help.
To remove from a fixed position: extract, pluck, pull. See put in.
To move swiftly: bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. Informal hotfoot, rip. Slang barrel, highball. Chiefly British nip. See move.

To pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible: demolish, destroy, dismantle, dynamite, knock down, level, pull down, pulverize, raze, wreck. Aerospace destruct. See help.
To make defamatory statements about: asperse, backbite, calumniate, defame, malign, slander, slur, traduce, vilify. Law libel. See attack. crimes. law.

A hole made by tearing: rent, rip, run. See help.
A drinking bout: binge, brannigan, carousal, carouse, drunk, spree. Slang bat, bender, booze, jag. See drugs. restraint.

tear

A drop of the clear liquid secreted by the glands of the eyes: teardrop. See dry.
A fit of crying. bawling, blubbering, cry, sobbing, wailing, weeping. See sounds.