Struggling
Struggling adjective - Engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity.
Tearing and struggling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tearing" instead an adjective "Struggling".
Tearing
Tearing adjective - Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid.
Struggling and tearing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Struggling" instead an adjective "Tearing".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Synopsis: Kyon finds himself struggling to keep the world from tearing itself apart as he tries to deal with Haruhi's growing feelings for him...as well as his own feelings for her.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Haruhi Suzumiya -
The Horned King himself gets a messy death; he's drawn into the Cauldron cursing and struggling, and the power quite literally rips him apart, tearing apart his skin, stripping him down to the bone, and finally vaporizing what remains.
Source: Cruel and Unusual Death
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