Phrase Hound found 21 phrases and 17 compound words that contain torn. The most common are listed below. Open torn in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 21
- torn downpast participle of tear down: A well-maintained structure purchased and torn down to make way for a new structure.
- torn apartpast participle of tear apart: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, apart.
- war tornSubjected to the ravages of war.
- torn awaypast participle of tear away: To remove (oneself or another person), overcoming that person's reluctance to be so removed.
- worn and tornpast participle of wear and tear: Physical damage caused to an object due to ordinary use over time; specifically (accounting, law), as justifying a write-down of the object's value in a set of accounts, or exclusion of compensation for …
- torn to piecespast participle of tear to pieces: To tear apart.
- torn writeA write operation, such as to a hard disk drive or database, which only partially completes, being cut off midway through.
- torn alongpast participle of tear along: To run quickly along somewhere.
- torn offpast participle of tear off: To rip away from; to pull a piece from forcibly.
- torn outpast participle of tear out: To remove by tearing.
- torn uppast participle of tear up: To tear into pieces.
- torn it uppast participle of tear it up: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, it, up.
- torn strips off someonepast participle of tear strips off someone: To scold vigorously.
- torn someone a new onepast participle of tear someone a new one: To express great anger toward (a person) for some perceived offence or shortcoming; to castigate.
- torn someone off a strippast participle of tear someone off a strip: To scold vigorously.
- torn up the dance floorpast participle of tear up the dance floor: To engage vigorously in dancing.
- torn up the pea patchpast participle of tear up the pea patch: To put on a notable performance, especially in sports; to go on a rampage.
- torn one's hairpast participle of tear one's hair: To pull at one's own hair in a frenzy of grief or rage.
- torn one's hair outpast participle of tear one's hair out: To react with extreme agitation.
- that's torn itSynonym of that tears it: Synonym of that does it (“one has reached the limit of one's patience or temper”).
- torn a catpast participle of tear a cat: To overact; to violently rant and rave on stage.
Compound words 17
- untornNot torn
- betornTorn in pieces; tattered.
- tornadoA violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.
- tornadicOf or relating to a tornado.
- teratornAny of various large birds of prey, now extinct, living in North and South America, of the family Teratornithidae.
- tornariaThe free-swimming larva of various hemichordates, such as in Balanoglossus.
- tornariasplural of tornaria: The free-swimming larva of various hemichordates, such as in Balanoglossus.
- tornatoMisspelling of tornado: A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.
- tornidsplural of tornid: Any sea snail in the family Tornidae.
- Tornitsplural of Tornit: Alternative letter-case form of Tornit.