Rip
Tore
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Parts of his skull tore inward to rip through his brain, slicing and paring away bits of it away like ice in a blender.
Source: Fan Fic / Atonement - He finally died when a rip in the fabric of space/time tore him down to a robotic skeleton and finally consumed him, causing most of the comic readership to breathe a massive sigh of relief.
Source: Joker Immunity / Comic Books -
During interrogation, they rip them one by one while referring to Zarek's earlier speech (the guy claimed he had a lot of money so he needed a gun, but the guy was pro-Zarek and was believed to be in his service, which is why they tore into him like that).
Source: Worthless Yellow Rocks
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