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What does tear apart mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see tear,‎ apart.
  2. (transitive) to destroy
  3. (transitive) to cause to separate
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to severely defeat
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And the horde charged once more, their nerves steeled and their war-cries resonating, ready to shred, rend and tear apart any foe, be it human or not.
It rips open bee trees to feast on honey, honeycombs, bees, and larvae, and will tear apart rotting logs for grubs, beetles, crickets, and ants.
We are grateful for what crumbs we receive and would like to see sometimes the authorship of the legislation which we then tear apart.
The language issue in the 1950s and 1960s threatened to tear apart the national fabric.
Lots to tear apart and disagree with, there, but it's a posit.
In two weeks, I got enough information to tear apart that movie frame-by-frame.

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