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What is another word for pulling apart?

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Present participle for to destroy or disassemble, especially by pulling apart or to pieces

Present participle for to separate something that is joined together

Present participle for to criticize or oppose fiercely and publicly

Present participle for to destroy by ripping

Present participle for to take apart or break down

Present participle for to affect negatively or cause discord between two parties

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Present participle for to destroy or disassemble, especially by pulling apart or to pieces

“It is used here to pull apart complacency, to lyrically deconstruct everyday communication.”

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Present participle for to separate something that is joined together

splitting down the middle

unraveling^US

becoming disconnected

unravelling^UK

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“They are interleaved, like interlocked fingers, so that as you pull apart the two halves of the pod, they unfold from one another.”

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Present participle for to criticize or oppose fiercely and publicly

attacking

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

pummelling^UK

belabouring^UK

belaboring^US

biting someone's head off

going for the jugular

hauling over the coals

having a go at

jumping on one's case

rapping over the knuckles

snapping someone's head off

giving a rocket

giving someone a bad press

giving someone a bollocking

giving someone a roasting

giving someone a rollicking

lashing out

jumping down one's throat

casting aspersions on

pouring scorn on

pulling to pieces

hitting out at

throwing brickbats at

doing a hatchet job on

besmirching

flaying

discrediting

giving a bad press to

dragging through the mud

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

giving something a battering

libeling^US

libelling^UK

look down one's nose at

blackening the name of

coming down on

picking at

spreading lies about

sullying the reputation of

nagging at

passing strictures upon

bringing into disrepute

blackening the reputation of

conducting a smear campaign against

slinging mud at

giving something a bad press

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

reviewing unfavorably

ostracising^UK

ostracizing^US

shooting full of holes

calling down

criticizing unfairly

blackening the character of

knocking off high horse

dishonoring^US

dragging through the mire

bringing discredit to

casting a slur on

muckraking

bringing shame upon

spreading scandal about

running smear campaign

ripping up and down

tarring and feathering

treating with contempt

satirizing^US

satirising^UK

letting someone have it

undermining

poisoning

glossing over

running a smear campaign against

blackening someone's name

setting little store by

holding up to ridicule

railing at

rating too low

laying down the law

raking over the coals

doing an injustice to

dragging someone's name through the mud

giving someone a mouthful

giving someone an earful

lowering the status of

ranting at

giving someone a dressing-down

turning your nose up at

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone a rating

expressing disapproval of

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

treating disrespectfully

putting in a bad light

writing false reports about

giving Bronx cheer

pulling up

spreading tales about

regarding with contempt

marking wrong

ticking off

taking the mickey

dragging name through mud

turning up one's nose

arguing against

giving someone a wigging

thinking too little of

making a fuss about

giving someone some stick

bringing to book

giving someone what for

giving someone a row

slapping someone's wrist

taking the piss out of

kicking up a stink about

labelling^UK

labeling^US

riding

commenting negatively

speaking of with disfavour

having a pop at

treating contemptuously

failing to appreciate

setting too little store by

losing face

giving a bad name to

putting someone in their place

making someone eat crow

taking down a peg or two

hurting somebody's feelings

stepping on one's toes

bantering

showing in a bad light

bringing into disfavour

telling someone to get lost

curling your lip at

saying contemptuously

making cutting remarks about

giving the cold shoulder to

sweeping aside

cold-shouldering

giving someone the brush-off

aping

having no use for

refusing to acknowledge

taking to the woodshed

going on at

putting on the mat

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

blowing up

keeping after

jumping down someone's throat

giving someone a caning

having someone on the carpet

doing an impression of

complaining vociferously about

objecting strongly to

expressing disagreement with

speaking out against

lodging a protest against

kicking up a fuss about

taking exception

taking a stand against

raising objections to

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Present participle for to destroy by ripping

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Present participle for to take apart or break down

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Present participle for to affect negatively or cause discord between two parties

setting against one another

sowing dissension

breaking up

splitting up

driving a wedge between

setting at odds

setting apart

pitting against one another

setting at variance

causing disagreement between

putting at odds

sowing dissension between

causing disagreement among

sowing dissension among

withdrawing the affections of

putting at a distance

losing the affection of

polarizing^US

polarising^UK

causing a rift between

partitioning

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