Synonyms for tear apart

Most common

trash · pan · separate · take apart · rip · rive

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, apart.

   She tore her ex-boyfriend’s clothes apart in fury.

Example sentences

• trash Yanni's house is full of trash and smells of mold.
• pan Use the juice in the frying pan to make the sauce.
• separate Yanni can do two separate things at the same time.
• rip What! This T-shirt is 3,000 yen? This is a rip-off!

By length

3 letters

pan¹, rip¹

4 letters

rive

5 letters

trash¹

8 letters

separate³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (separate³ = 3 syllables).