tear apart

phrasal verb

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tear somebody apart/up

to make somebody feel very unhappy or worried使不快；使担心 synonym rip somebody apart
- It tears me apart to think I might have hurt her feelings.一想到我可能伤害了她的感情，我就感到痛心。
- His distress tore me up inside.他的痛苦让我心碎。

tear something apart

to destroy something violently, especially by pulling it to pieces撕毁；撕碎
- The dogs tore the fox apart.几条狗把那只狐狸撕成了碎片。
to make people in a country, an organization or other place fight or argue with each other使四分五裂；使分崩离析
- Racial strife is tearing our country apart.种族冲突把我们国家搞得四分五裂。
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to search a place, making it look untidy and causing damage把（某处）翻得凌乱不堪 synonym rip something apart
- They tore the room apart, looking for money.他们为了找钱，把房间翻得乱七八糟。