tear out
tear out or up:
1. ēvello, velli, vulsum, 3 (the perf. evulsi once in Hor.): to t. out a tree, e. arborem, Liv. 33, 5. Fig.: to t. out evils by the root, e. radicitus mala, Lucr. 3, 310: consuls who deserve to be torn out of the list, consules ex fastis evellendi, Cic. Sest. 14, 33.
2. convello, velli, vulsum, 3 (to t. up entirely); soldiers t. up the lowest stones of the tower with crowbars, milites vectibus infima saxa turris convellunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 11: the bars being torn out, and the folding-doors broken in, convulsis repagulis effractisque valvis, Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 94: to t. an image out from the shrine, c. simulacrum e sacrario, id. ib. 5, 72, 187. Fig.: Rome, torn up almost from her foundations, Roma, prope convulsa sedibus suis, id. Pis. 22, 52.
3. rĕvello, velli, vulsum, 3: to t. out a stone from the mountain, r. saxum e monte, Ov. M. 12, 341: to t. out herbs by the root, r. herbas radice, id. ib. 7, 226.
4. vello, vulsi, vulsum, 3: v.PULL PLUCK OUT .
5. haurio, hausi, haustum, 4: the wind t.s up the trees from the very roots, ventus arbusta radicibus haurit ab imis, Lucr. 6, 141: to t. out the eye, h. lumen, Ov. M. 13, 564.
6. exscindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3: v.EXTIRPATE , UPROOT .
7. ērĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3: v.SNATCH OUT .
1. ēvello, velli, vulsum, 3 (the perf. evulsi once in Hor.): to t. out a tree, e. arborem, Liv. 33, 5. Fig.: to t. out evils by the root, e. radicitus mala, Lucr. 3, 310: consuls who deserve to be torn out of the list, consules ex fastis evellendi, Cic. Sest. 14, 33.
2. convello, velli, vulsum, 3 (to t. up entirely); soldiers t. up the lowest stones of the tower with crowbars, milites vectibus infima saxa turris convellunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 11: the bars being torn out, and the folding-doors broken in, convulsis repagulis effractisque valvis, Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 94: to t. an image out from the shrine, c. simulacrum e sacrario, id. ib. 5, 72, 187. Fig.: Rome, torn up almost from her foundations, Roma, prope convulsa sedibus suis, id. Pis. 22, 52.
3. rĕvello, velli, vulsum, 3: to t. out a stone from the mountain, r. saxum e monte, Ov. M. 12, 341: to t. out herbs by the root, r. herbas radice, id. ib. 7, 226.
4. vello, vulsi, vulsum, 3: v.
5. haurio, hausi, haustum, 4: the wind t.s up the trees from the very roots, ventus arbusta radicibus haurit ab imis, Lucr. 6, 141: to t. out the eye, h. lumen, Ov. M. 13, 564.
6. exscindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3: v.
7. ērĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3: v.