tear up

Meaning

1. To tear into pieces.
2. To cancel or annul, or to cause the cancellation or annulment of (e.g. an agreement or contract).
3. To damage.
4. To succeed dramatically in (an area of endeavor) or against.
5. To wrench out of the ground.
6. (slang) To have intense penetrative sex with.
7. (slang) To brutally assault.

Synonyms

rip up

tear

break

shred

split

rip

tear to pieces

fall off

pull up

laceration

rend

rip off

shorten

tear apart

tear away

tearing

tear off

turn up

cut to pieces

divide up

tear into pieces

tear open

break or pierce through

tear asunder

analyse finely

break off

cleave

cut

cut down

cut up

dig up

divide

kill

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɛəɹ ˈʌp/

Etymology

See: tear (“to rip, shred”).