"tear out" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /teɪɹ aʊt/ Forms: tears out [present, singular, third-person], tearing out [participle, present], tore out [past], torn out [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|tear<,,tore,torn> out}} tear out (third-person singular simple present tears out, present participle tearing out, simple past tore out, past participle torn out)
  1. To remove by tearing. Derived forms: tearout [noun] Translations (to remove by tearing): elŝiri (Esperanto), pāss- (Tocharian B)

Inflected forms

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