"tear to pieces" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: tears to pieces [present, singular, third-person], tearing to pieces [participle, present], tore to pieces [past], torn to pieces [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|tear<,,tore,torn> to pieces}} tear to pieces (third-person singular simple present tears to pieces, present participle tearing to pieces, simple past tore to pieces, past participle torn to pieces)
  1. To tear apart. Synonyms: take to pieces, pick to pieces, rip to pieces, pull to pieces Translations (to rip apart): σπαράσσω (sparássō) (Ancient Greek), repiä kappaleiksi (Finnish), mettre en pièces (French), tailler en pièces (French), esnaquizar (Galician), escachar (Galician), esnacar (Galician), laniō (Latin), takarepa (Maori)
    Sense id: en-tear_to_pieces-en-verb-Hucl1slp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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