"tear one's hair" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: tears one's hair [present, singular, third-person], tearing one's hair [participle, present], tore one's hair [past], torn one's hair [participle, past]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-verb|tear<,,tore,torn> one's hair}} tear one's hair (third-person singular simple present tears one's hair, present participle tearing one's hair, simple past tore one's hair, past participle torn one's hair)
  1. To pull at one's own hair in a frenzy of grief or rage. Related terms: tear one's hair out
    Sense id: en-tear_one's_hair-en-verb-zfTroLzp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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