Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator. --Shak.
2. Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend;
as, a party or government torn by factions.
3. To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to
sunder; as, a child torn from its home.
The hand of fate Hath torn thee from me. --Addison.
4. To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.
5. To move violently; to agitate. ``Once I loved torn ocean's
roar.'' --Byron.
{To tear a cat}, to rant violently; to rave; -- especially
applied to theatrical ranting. [Obs.] --Shak.
{To tear down}, to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down.
{To tear off}, to pull off by violence; to strip.
{To tear out}, to pull or draw out by violence; as, to tear
out the eyes.
{To tear up}, to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by
violence; as, to tear up a floor; to tear up the
foundation of government or order.
2. (Geom.)
(a) The surface described by the circumference of a circle
revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
(b) The solid inclosed by such a surface; -- sometimes
called an {anchor ring}.