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RIPPING |
Tearing |
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SNAGGING |
Tearing (of stocking) |
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LANCINATION |
A tearing; laceration. |
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LANIATION |
A tearing in pieces. |
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DELACERATION |
A tearing in pieces. |
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DIREMPTION |
A tearing apart; violent separation. |
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AVULSION |
A tearing asunder; a forcible separation. |
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DILANIATION |
A rending or tearing in pieces; dilaceration. |
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LANIARY |
Lacerating or tearing; as, the laniary canine teeth. |
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SHREDDING |
The act of cutting or tearing into shreds. |
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RIP |
To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing. |
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DEVIL |
A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc. |
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WEEDING-RHIM |
A kind of implement used for tearing up weeds esp. on
summer fallows. |
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TEAR |
The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a
fissure. |
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SCRATCH |
To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to
make scratches. |
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DESTRUCTION |
The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to
naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation. |
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SCRATCHBACK |
A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, --
used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons. |
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SHODDY |
A fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing
into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc.
See Mungo. |
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LACERATE |
To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle;
as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to
lacerate the heart. |
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DRAWKNIFE |
A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along
the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of
the wood. |
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PEEL |
To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by
drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to flay; to
decorticate; as, to peel an orange. |
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LANGREL |
A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and
rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron
fastened together or inclosed in a canister. |
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GRATE |
To produce the effect of rubbing with a hard rough
material; to cause wearing, tearing, or bruising. Hence; To produce
exasperation, soreness, ... |
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PIECE |
A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in
any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a
portion; as, a piece of sugar; to break in pieces. |
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SAW |
...essive portions of
the material by cutting and tearing. ... |