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"Tear apart"2 answers
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Filled answer is this word (RIVE).
Definitions
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
Word origin
From Middle English riven (“to rive”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse rífa (“to rend, tear apart”), from Proto-Germanic *rīfaną (“to tear, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to crumble, tear”).
Used in a sentence
“I have seen tempests, when the scolding winds / Have rived the knotty oaks[…]”
“The varlet at his plaint was grieu'd so sore, / That his deepe wounded hart in two did riue[…].”
“Freestone i.e. that rives, splits, and breaks in any direction.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Tear apart”4 letters
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