tear up

tear up
transitive verb
1) (remove) aufreißen [Straße, Bürgersteig]; herausreißen [Zaun, Pflanze]; ausreißen [Baum]
2) (destroy) zerreißen; (fig.) für null und nichtig erklären [Vertrag, Abkommen]
* * *
1) (to remove from a fixed position by violence; The wind tore up several trees.) ausreißen
2) (to tear into pieces: She tore up the letter.) zerreißen
* * *
tear up
vt
to \tear up up ⇆ sth
1. (rip) bill, letter, ticket etw zerreißen [o in Stücke reißen
2. (destroy) etw kaputt machen fam; bar, furniture etw kurz und klein hauen fam; flowerbed etw zertreten [o zerwühlen]; pavement, road etw aufreißen
3. (fig: annul) agreement, contract etw zerreißen
* * *
1. vi
angerast kommen

he tore up the hill/road — er raste den Berg hinauf/die Straße entlang

2. vt sep
1) paper etc zerreißen
2) (fig: cancel) contract, agreement aufkündigen
3) (= pull from ground) post, stake, plant (her)ausreißen
4) (= break surface of) ground aufwühlen; road aufreißen
* * *
tear up v/t
1. eine Straße etc aufreißen
2. einen Baum etc ausreißen
3. einen Brief etc zerreißen, in Stücke reißen
4. fig untergraben, zerstören
* * *
transitive verb
1) (remove) aufreißen [Straße, Bürgersteig]; herausreißen [Zaun, Pflanze]; ausreißen [Baum]
2) (destroy) zerreißen; (fig.) für null und nichtig erklären [Vertrag, Abkommen]
* * *
v.
zerfetzen v.
zerreißen v.

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