Tear into
Tear into verb - Hit violently, as in an attack.
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Heavy knights on foot or on horseback can tear into light infantry with minimal losses and wade through heavy arrow barrages with limited casualties, but horse-mounted knights are still very vulnerable to pikemen and spears even with all their armor and barding.
Source: Armor Is Useless
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Wade and Tear into. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/tear_into/wade
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