totear

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Definition of totear in English English dictionary

To disturb violently; agitate

To tear apart; tear to pieces or shreds; rend

To break

To tear or rend in pieces

Etymology

() From Middle English toteren, from Old English tōteran (“to tear apart, tear asunder”), from Proto-Germanic *tiz- (“apart”), *tiranan (“to tear, tear away”), equivalent to to- +‎ tear.