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Nouns (5)

tear

n. the act of tearing; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear"

bust, tear, binge, bout

n. an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days"

Verbs (11)

tear

v. to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"

tear

v. fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing"

tear, rupture, snap, bust

v. separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"

shoot, tear, charge, buck, shoot down

v. move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

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Fuzzynyms (82)

splurge

n. an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.)

detach

v. separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"

detach, come off, come away

v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

rip

v. move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast"

segment

v. divide or split up; "The cells segmented"

break

v. find a flaw in; "break an alibi"; "break down a proof"

crack

v. break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked"

share, divvy up, portion out, apportion, deal

v. give out as one's portion or share

stick

v. fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"

cohere

v. have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; "the principles by which societies cohere"

keep, maintain, hold

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

support

v. support materially or financially; "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"

hold, support, sustain, hold up

v. be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"

brooch, clasp

v. fasten with or as if with a brooch

fracture

v. break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"

cleave

v. make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"

burst, explode, burst outward

v. burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded"

crash, go down

v. stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"

shatter

v. cause to break into many pieces; "shatter the plate"

alienate

v. make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees"

dissociate

v. to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms; "acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions"

open, open up

v. become open; "The door opened"

break

v. crack; of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir"

punch, perforate

v. make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation; "perforate the sheets of paper"

break

v. find a flaw in; "break an alibi"; "break down a proof"

crack

v. break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked"

claw

v. scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails

burst

v. move suddenly, energetically, or violently; "He burst out of the house into the cool night"

pierce

v. make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh"

abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off

v. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

fly, wing

v. travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly"

fly

v. be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying"

flee, fly, take flight

v. run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"

hurtle

v. move with or as if with a rushing sound; "The cars hurtled by"

flit, flutter, fleet, dart

v. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches"

lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust

v. make a thrusting forward movement

smash

v. hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke

dive

v. swim under water; "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"

commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge

v. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

jump, leap, jump off

v. jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"

forge, spurt, spirt

v. move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy

bolt

v. move or jump suddenly; "She bolted from her seat"

Synonyms (1)

shoot up

v. rise dramatically; "Prices shot up overnight"

Antonyms (0)

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