tear out

Questions about tear out

What does tear out mean?

tear out means "remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense".

What is another word for tear out?

Close synonyms include extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tear out a common word?

tear out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.