Etymology

torace

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Today it means: To tear apart, rend to pieces, rip up. Full definition →

Middle English toracen
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromtoracen
  2. English todaytorace

From Middle English toracen, torasen (“to tear up, snatch away”), equivalent to to- + race. Related to rash.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.