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What is another word for tears into?

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To harshly criticize someone

To physically attack someone

To take violent or aggressive action against

To energetically devote, or begin devoting, effort to something

To take the first step into something

To feel or express violent uncontrollable anger

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To harshly criticize someone

criticises^UK

criticizes^US

gives someone a dressing-down

gives someone a roasting

rags

rants at

calls down

gives someone a rollicking

raps over the knuckles

pummels^US

gives someone a telling-off

gives someone a bollocking

keelhauls

fulminates against

trims

gives someone an earful

gives someone a mouthful

gives someone a rating

belabors^US

gives someone a wigging

belabours^UK

gives someone a row

gives someone what for

scores

wigs

gives someone a caning

gives someone some stick

slurs

harangues

picks holes in

sends someone away with a flea in their ear

does a hatchet job on

jumps down one's throat

speaks ill of

cries down

slaps someone's wrist

drags through the mud

trash-talks

talks down

gives someone a bad press

minimizes^US

passes strictures upon

takes to the woodshed

bites someone's head off

gives a piece of one's mind

minimises^UK

stigmatizes^US

brings into disrepute

conducts a smear campaign against

jumps down someone's throat

blackens the name of

stigmatises^UK

tells a thing or two

blackens the reputation of

gives something a bad press

sullies the reputation of

snaps someone's head off

comes down hard on

finds lacking

exprobrates

gives a tongue-lashing

raps someone the knuckles

lays out

sends someone away with a flea in his

gives something a battering

moralises^UK

moralizes^US

gives someone a carpeting

ostracizes^US

ostracises^UK

expresses disapproval of

dishonors^US

dishonours^UK

comes down on like a ton of bricks

satirizes^US

satirises^UK

demonises^UK

demonizes^US

expresses disapprobation

sticks it to

taxes

expresses disapprobation of

trivializes^US

trivialises^UK

kicks up a stink about

kicks up a fuss about

has someone on the carpet

scandalizes^US

scandalises^UK

drags through the mire

spreads scandal about

looks down one's nose at

flouts

underemphasizes

rejects

disfavors^US

disfavours^UK

runs a smear campaign against

cuts to the quick

blackens someone's name

jibes at

sneezes at

blackens the character of

drags someone's name through the mud

lowers the status of

turns your nose up at

expresses a poor opinion of

treats disrespectfully

dehumanizes^US

dehumanises^UK

writes false reports about

gives Bronx cheer

spreads tales about

regards with contempt

marks wrong

takes the mickey

drags name through mud

takes the piss out of

bastardizes^US

knocks off high horse

demoralises^UK

demoralizes^US

writes down

knocks off

has a pop at

speaks of with disfavour

makes jokes about

treats contemptuously

sets too little store by

fails to appreciate

puts someone in their place

makes someone eat crow

gives a bad name to

causes to lose face

loses face

takes down a peg or two

bastardises^UK

hurts somebody's feelings

brings into disfavour

tells someone to get lost

says contemptuously

curls your lip at

has a crack at

makes cutting remarks about

gives the cold shoulder to

gives someone the brush-off

refuses to acknowledge

takes a stand against

raises objections to

lodges a protest against

frowns upon

complains vociferously about

expresses disagreement with

does an impression of

takes off

does a takeoff of

puts on

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“Yehudah was livid, and he was ready to tear into his son right there, in front of everyone.”

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To physically attack someone

pummels^US

belabors^US

belabours^UK

beats the living daylights out of

knocks into the middle of next week

flies at

strikes out at

duffs up

gives someone a good hiding

gives someone a beating

gives someone a hiding

gives someone a drubbing

drives

gives someone a good beating

gives someone a good drubbing

brutalizes^US

brutalises^UK

gives someone a hot bottom

dusts someone's britches

knocks someone's lights out

knocks for a loop

knocks block off

physically attacks

beats someone's brains out

jumps down one's throat

pounces upon

crashes against

cannons into

comes into collision with

pulverizes^US

pulverises^UK

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“He charged towards the assassin with teeth bared and claws ready to tear into his opponent.”

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To take violent or aggressive action against

launches an attack on

belabours^UK

belabors^US

makes an onslaught on

terrorizes^US

terrorises^UK

bites someone's head off

jumps down someone's throat

beats the living daylights out of

gives someone a beating

conducts an offensive on

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“Khan's troops would tear into the Urshii army from behind, forcing them to fight a two-fronted battle.”

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To energetically devote, or begin devoting, effort to something

occupies oneself with

sinks your teeth into

gives something a whirl

takes the bit between your teeth

gives something a try

starts the ball rolling

steps up to the plate

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“Before you tear into this project, though, there are a few things you need to know about what you're looking at.”

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To take the first step into something

starts the ball rolling on

gets the ball rolling

goes ahead

gets the show on the road

starts the ball rolling

organizes^US

organises^UK

lays the foundations of

sets the ball rolling

lays the first stone of

installs^US

instals^UK

lays the cornerstone of

sets the ball rolling on

brings into existence

gets something working

fathers

gets moving

lays foundation

gets something functioning

debuts

gets on

puts one's hand to the plough

gets things moving

puts the wheels in motion

sets the wheels in motion

rolls up one's sleeves

gets down to business

puts one's shoulder to the wheel

gets one's finger out

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To feel or express violent uncontrollable anger

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