tearing

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And buying someone's loan and tearing it up counts as a gift, and you have to pay tax on it.

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Quick take

shedding tears

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tearing gathered in one view.

noun

shedding tears

adjective

marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tearing.

noun

shedding tears

See also: lacrimation, lachrymation, watering

adjective

marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions"

See also: fierce, vehement, violent, trigger-happy

Example sentences

And buying someone's loan and tearing it up counts as a gift, and you have to pay tax on it.

Even with all these hacks, X11+DRI2 can't even maintain tearing free display.

"Yep, it's tearing the fabric of society apart alright.

As a creator, as an entrepreneur, as a hacker, if you tear down Facebook you're just tearing down yourself.

Sure it would be lighting the constitution fire, tearing it, vaporizing the pieces and throwing them in a volcano.

Reminiscent of "why do our centrifuges keep tearing themselves apart?

I don't have an answer here, but it likely involves completely tearing down the existing system to its nuts and bolts and building it back up.

Naturally, that person is a moron and needs to be told so, preferably by turning his own trick against him and tearing his comment apart.

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One day a flood comes tearing through your house, or your hard drive fails, or you miss a credit card payment, and if you've wired your brain to only be happy in the environment you created, you are going to have a breakdown.

This happened after the vehicle impacted a roundabout at 110 mph, shearing off 15 feet of concrete curbwall and tearing off the left front wheel, then smashing through an eight foot tall buttressed concrete wall on the other side of the road and tearing off the right front wheel, before crashing into a tree.