tear apart

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Verb1.tear apart - express a totally negative opinion oftear apart - express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance"
trash, pan
disparage, belittle, pick at - express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts"
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w>tear apart

vt sep place, house → völlig durcheinanderbringen; meat, flesh, country → zerreißen; it tore me apart to leave you → es hat mir schier das Herz zerrissen, dich zu verlassen
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"Enemies want to tear apart Sudan," Ahmadinejad said in a speech in the southeastern port city of Chabahar.
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TWO men who baited their pitbull dogs to tear apart a kitten in a "horrifying" attack have been jailed.
THUGS WHO THREW CAT INTO JAWS OF PITBULL ARE JAILED
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