TEAR STH


Meaning of TEAR STH in English

apart

1.

to destroy sth violently, especially by pulling it to pieces :

The dogs tore the fox apart.

2.

to make people in a country, an organization or other place fight or argue with each other :

Racial strife is tearing our country apart.

3.

to search a place, making it look untidy and causing damage :

They tore the room apart, looking for money.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.