Break up and Tear

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Break up verb - To set or force apart.

Usage example: he broke up the rocks in the old stone wall with a crowbar, sending them tumbling to the ground

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Tear and break up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tear" instead a verb "Break up".

Tear verb - To cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it.

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Break up and tear are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break up" instead a verb "Tear".

Nearby Words: tearful, tearing, teary, teardrop, tearless

Single Tear: Chang-soo usually maintains a straight face during his break up with Ji-yi and his horrified realization of Ji-yi's broken down state.

Source: Series / High Society
A closeted White kid (he's a were-rat) in a band of Black, Hispanic, and Asian (ex)Gang Bangers that were mutated (instead of killed outright like most in the area) by radiation-tainted tear-gas used to break up a big melee.

Source: Token White
Mood Whiplash: In TMGS2, if you're going for Saeki's standard ending, near the end of your third year, he'll ask you to meet up with him and then break up with you in a very dramatic Tear Jerker of a scene.

Source: Visual Novel / Tokimeki Memorial Girls Side

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