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"tear" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often rip (3 letters).
Definitions
fill with tears or shed tears
Word origin
From Middle English teren, from Old English teran (“to tear, lacerate”), from Proto-Germanic *teraną (“to tear, tear apart, rip”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to tear, tear apart”).
Used in a sentence
“He tore his coat on the nail.”
“He tore some muscles in a weight-lifting accident.”
“He was torn by conflicting emotions.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Rip or weep”4 letters
02“Cry or rip”4 letters
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