1. (of material) pulled or ripped apart
   "A torn shirt"; "The torn curtains fluttered in the wind"
    
2. (of flesh, tissue, or similar material) deeply cut, ripped, or damaged by rough force
   "A torn ligament";
   - lacerate, lacerated
    
3. Disrupted by the pull of contrary forces
   "torn by religious dissensions"; "torn between love and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"

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]

See also: divided, injured

Type of: barrel [informal], belt [informal], belt along [informal], bucket [informal], bucket along [informal], 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, whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], wing [informal], zip [informal], zoom, zoom along [informal]

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