tore

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Francis d'Albescola, he who tore from the Turkish ports their iron chains, remained a whole day without consciousness when they made him pope.

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  1. verb Past tense of tear1.
  2. noun See torus.

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  • The clay was hot and burning to the flesh Where The word tore from his parched throat. —  Thrilling Wonder Stories April, 1953
  • The eternal wind howled and bit and tore, and the shifting ice mountains heaved and roared under Saturn's tidal drag. —  Astounding Stories January, 1935
  • In the struggle her dress tore, and she was reduced to her usual state of half-nakedness, but looking magnificent, with her flashing eyes and curling lips. —  Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett—Simenon, Georges - 01
  • Felt the concrete hold strong while her own flesh tore, and her wrist once again began to bleed. —  The Survivors Club by Lisa Gardener
  • Her totally devastated expression tore at his very soul with a surprising intensity. —  The Baby Mistake
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  1. French, from Latin torus.

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  1. Early modern English also tor, torre; prob. a particular use of tor, a hill, prominence (Welsh tor, a knob, boss, etc.): see tor.
  2. Origin unknown; cf. Welsh tor, a break, cut, tori, break, cut.
  3. from New Latin torus, q. v.
 

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