tearing
/ˈtɛɹ.ɪŋ/ adjective C2- enormous; of great size or impact · a tearing great giant of a man
- very hasty · a tearing hurry
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“Thirteen hundred—there you are, Kelly,” said Anthony, tearing off a check.
Kill.” A scuffling mass of monkeys, biting, scratching, tearing, and pulling, closed over Bagheera, while five or six laid hold of Mowgli, dragged him up the wall of the summerhouse and pushed him through the hole of the broken dome.
Look at her tearing through the orchard with her hair streaming.
Pulling off their masks and tearing their robes, they fought with one another for the nuts.
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