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tear away

tear away or off:

1. āvello, velli or vulsi, vulsum, 3: stones torn away from the mountains, saxa montibus avulsa, Lucr. 4, 138: to t. away the head from the shoulders, caput humeris a., Virg. Aen. 2, 558: to t. one away from the embraces of his mother, aliquem de matris complexu a. atque abstrahere, Cic. Fontei. 17, 36: also without de. Virg. Aen. 4, 616: v. TEAR ASUNDER.

2. abscindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3: to t. the tunic from his breast, tunicam a pectore a., Cic. Verr. 5, 1, 3: having torn away her golden tresses, flaventes abscissa comas, Virg. Aen. 4, 590: to t. the robe from his shoulders, humeris a. vestem, id. ib. 5, 685.

3. răpio, pui, ptum, 3 (to snatch away): the wind t.s away the leaves from the lofty tree, frondes alta rapit arbore ventus, Ov. M. 3, 730: to t. away the bars from the door-post, r. repagula de posti, id. 5, 120: Naso torn away from home (i. e. an exile), Naso raptus, id. Pont. 4, 16, 1.

4. dērĭpio, ripui, reptum, 3 (to t. down, off, or away): to t. any one away from the altar, d. aliquem de ara, Pl. Rud. 3, 6, 2: to t. away the garment from one's breast, d. vestem a pectore, Ov. M. 9, 637: to t. the covering off one's shoulders, velamina ex humeris d., id. ib. 6, 567.

5. praerĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3 (prop. to seize before another): to t. away thy father from thee, p. patrem tuum tibi, Pl. Men. 5, 9, 21.

6. praevello, velli or vulsi, vulsum, 3 (to t. away before): Laber.: Tert.: v. SNATCH AWAY.

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