English > tear out: 1 sense > verb 1, contactMeaning | Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
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Synonyms | extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out, rip out |
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Narrower | demodulate | extract information from a modulated carrier wave |
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thread | Remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string |
wring out, squeeze out | extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
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Similar to | draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out | Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover |
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Spanish | extraer, sacar |
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Catalan | extreure |
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