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Verb: tear off  tehr óf
  1. Remove by pulling or ripping violently and forcefully
    "The passing bus tore off her side mirror";
    - tear away, rip off

Derived forms: tearing off, torn off, tears off, tore off

Type of: remove, take, take away, withdraw

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