Pull
Pull verb - To draw out by force or with effort.
Usage example: the dentist had to struggle to pull the tooth
Tear out
Tear out verb - To draw out by force or with effort.
Usage example: you'll never tear that secret out of me
Both terms in one sentence
- The runners, stalkers and clickers tear out Joel/Ellie's jugular with their teeth, and the bloaters grab Joel by the head and pull his jaw apart with their hands.
- The guards drive past, and he proceeds to tear out of the alley, pull up along side them, wink at them, and then take off again.
Source: Blind Alley -
The pods are made to detach, so simply backing away from the plant after contact doesn't do anything to relieve the stab wound you just got; on the contrary, you're likely to tear out a chunk of skin trying to pull out an attached pod thanks to the spines being barbed on top of everything else.
Source: Death World
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