n. 25B6; verb
I tore up the letter : RIP UP, rip in two, pull to pieces, shred.
his flesh was torn : LACERATE, cut (open), gash, slash, scratch, hack, pierce, stab; injure, wound.
the traumas tore her family apart : DIVIDE, split, sever, break up, disunite, rupture; poetic/literary rend, sunder, cleave.
Gina tore the book from his hands : SNATCH, grab, seize, rip, wrench, wrest, pull, pluck; informal yank.
(informal) Jack tore down the street : SPRINT, race, run, dart, rush, dash, hasten, hurry, hare, bolt, fly, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, speed, whizz, zoom, go like lightning, go like the wind; informal pelt, scoot, hotfoot it, leg it, belt, zip, whip; Brit. informal go like the clappers, bomb, bucket; N. Amer. informal hightail it.
unite.
25B6; noun a tear in her dress : RIP, hole, split, slash, slit; ladder, snag.
25A0; tear something down DEMOLISH, knock down, raze (to the ground), flatten, level, bulldoze; dismantle, disassemble.