1. Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
   "in a tearing rage";
   - fierce, vehement, violent, trigger-happy

1. Shedding tears
   "Excessive tearing can be a symptom of eye irritation or infection";
   - lacrimation, lachrymation, watering

1. Separate or cause to separate abruptly
   "tear the paper";
   - rupture, snap, bust [informal]
    
2. To separate or be separated by force
   "The strong wind tore the banner from the wall"
    
3. [informal] Move quickly and violently
   "The car tore down the street";
   - shoot, shoot down, charge, buck, bomb [Brit, informal], scream [informal]
    
4. Remove feathers
   "tear the capon";
   - pluck, pull, deplume, deplumate [rare], displume [rare]

1. Fill with tears or shed tears
   "Her eyes were tearing"

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Derived forms: tearings

See also: intense

Type of: activity, barrel [informal], belt [informal], belt along [informal], bodily function, bodily process, body process, bucket [informal], bucket along [informal], cry, disunite, divide, hasten, hie [archaic], hotfoot, hurry, part, pelt [informal], pelt along [informal], race, rocket [informal], rush, rush along, separate, speed, step on it [informal], strip, travel rapidly, weep, whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], wing [informal], zip [informal], zoom, zoom along [informal]

Encyclopedia: Tearing