tearout

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of blowout.
  2. The shearing of metal by a bolt, pin, rivet, or similar fastener due to stress.
  3. The tearing of tissue at the position of an incision, suture, staple, pin, etc.
  4. The demolition phase of remodeling or decommissioning.
  5. A card, page, or set of pages designed to be detached from a magazine or book, usually along a perforated line.
  6. A subgenre of dubstep characterized by intense basslines, distorted synths, and high-energy rhythms.
  7. A feature allowing a tab or other entity to be dragged out of a window and to create its own new window.

Word forms

tearout tearouts

Etymology

Deverbal from tear out.

Synonyms

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