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adjectivemarked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
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nounshedding tears
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Definition that contains tearing
- tear the act of tearing
- splitting resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree
- ripping resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree
- rending resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree
- perforation a line of small holes for tearing at a particular place
- avulsion a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another
- hangnail a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected
- agnail a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected
- tensile strength the strength of material expressed as the greatest longitudinal stress it can bear without tearing apart