uptear

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verb

To tear up (wrench from the ground).

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Meanings

verbuptear (third-person singular simple present uptears, present participle uptearing, simple past uptore, past participle uptorn)

present singular third person uptears · participle present uptearing · past uptore · participle past uptorn

  1. archaicpoetictransitiveTo tear up (wrench from the ground).

    I stood rigid, spellbound, watching the white wake of the torpedo. It struck us on the starboard side almost amidships. The vessel rocked as though the sea beneath it had been uptorn by a mighty volcano.

    1918, Edgar Rice Burrows, The Land that Time Forgot, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008

Origin

From up- + tear.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uptear,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uptear.

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