tear

About 8.88 uses per million words.

Meaning

verb To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
He tore his coat on the nail.
verb To injure as if by pulling apart.
He tore some muscles in a weight-lifting accident.
verb To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
He was torn by conflicting emotions.
verb To make (an opening) with force or energy.
A piece of debris tore a tiny straight channel through the satellite.
verb To remove by tearing, or with sudden great force.
Tear the coupon out of the newspaper.
verb To demolish.
The slums were torn down to make way for the new development.
verb To become torn, especially accidentally.
My dress has torn.
verb To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
He went tearing down the hill at 90 miles per hour.