phrasal verb

Tear apart

Letter TInseparable

Tear apart

Disturb or upset greatly

Meanings

Disturb or upset greatly (separable [optional], International English)

Examples

People were TORN APART when news of the train crash came through.

Related

tear + …Same base verb … + apartSame particle

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