"tear into" meaning in All languages combined

See tear into on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /tɛə(ɹ)ˈɪntu/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tear into.wav Forms: tears into [present, singular, third-person], tearing into [participle, present], tore into [past], torn into [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|tear<,,tore,torn> into}} tear into (third-person singular simple present tears into, present participle tearing into, simple past tore into, past participle torn into)
  1. To subject to a heavy attack, physical or figurative. Categories (topical): Violence Synonyms: lace into, lay into, light into, rip into

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "tears into",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tearing into",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tore into",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torn into",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"into\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "en:Violence",
          "parents": [
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
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        {
          "ref": "2011 January 5, Jonathan Stevenson, “Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City”, in BBC:",
          "text": "They tore into a stunned City and there was only a minute on the clock when Samir Nasri slipped Jack Wilshere into the area, the 19-year-old's left-foot pass to the far post agonisingly evading a lunging Van Persie.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "To subject to a heavy attack, physical or figurative."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "attack",
          "attack"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lace into"
        },
        {
          "word": "lay into"
        },
        {
          "word": "light into"
        },
        {
          "word": "rip into"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɛə(ɹ)ˈɪntu/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "tear into"
}
{
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    {
      "form": "tears into",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tearing into",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tore into",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torn into",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        "English lemmas",
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        "English phrasal verbs",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Violence"
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        {
          "ref": "2011 January 5, Jonathan Stevenson, “Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City”, in BBC:",
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          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To subject to a heavy attack, physical or figurative."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attack",
          "attack"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɛə(ɹ)ˈɪntu/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lace into"
    },
    {
      "word": "lay into"
    },
    {
      "word": "light into"
    },
    {
      "word": "rip into"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tear into"
}

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