Verb: tear apart (tore apart,torn apart)
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Express a totally negative opinion of
"The critics tore apart the performance";
- pan [informal], trash [informal]
- Search thoroughly
"the police tore apart the house"
- Cause distress or discordance
"a community torn apart by violence"
Derived forms: torn apart, tearing apart, tore apart, tears apart
See also: bust [informal]