Stone and Tear

Stone

Stone verb - To make sharp or sharper.

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Tear and stone are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tear" instead a verb "Stone".

Nearby Words: stony, stoned, stoning, stonily, stoneware

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

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

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

good	good stone	good tear
special	special stone	special tear
particular	particular stone	particular tear
common	common stone	common tear
Other adjectives: perfect, appropriate, single, small, real, large, big, blue, little, final, last, giant.

Despite the common usage of the trope, Richard isn't healed by the tear or the Stone; Cara revives him, and Zedd heals his eyesight.

Source: Swiss Army Tears
And then, of course, there's The Lord of the Rings, in which Saruman learns the hard way why you do not fuck with Fangorn Forest when the Ents tear his fortress apart stone by stone.

Source: Gaia's Vengeance
And in an extremely subtle shot, the Nome King (an earth elemental) sheds a tear of stone during his Pet the Dog moment.

Source: Tears from a Stone

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