- fierce, tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happy - marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions"
Antonym: mild (indirect, via intense)
- lacrimation, lachrymation, tearing, watering - shedding tears
--1 is a kind of bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
Derived form: verb tear5
- tear, rupture, snap, bust - separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
--1 is one way to separate, disunite, divide, part
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun tear4, noun tear2
They tear the sheets
- tear - to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"
--2 is one way to separate, disunite, divide, part
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun tear4, noun tear2
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck - move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
--3 is one way to rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume - strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
--4 is one way to strip
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- tear - fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing"
--5 is one way to cry, weep
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun tear1, noun tearing1
Something ----s