tear apart

Meaning

1. Oxford67% of films

   to destroy sth violently, especially by pulling it to pieces

   tear apart your walls!

2. Oxford33% of films

   to search a place, making it look untidy and causing damage

   Yeah, then you'll find another part of the house to tear apart.

In the movies · 20

• It was me that tore you apart...Paris, Texas1984
• ...tears you apart after a while.The Suicide Squad2021
• We II tear them apart and burn the piecesTwilight2008
• tear apart your walls!The Lego Movie2014
• Yeah, then you'll find another part of the house to tear apart.Avengers: Age of Ultron2015
• Not tear it apart.Zootopia2016
• I'm gonna tear them apart!Transformers: Age of Extinction2014
• ..Love Will Tear Us Apart,...24 Hour Party People2002

Learn it in full scenes

• The Lego Movie2014
  • Emmet Follows the Instructions
  • Emmet's Morning Routine in Bricksburg
  • Emmet Touches the Piece of Resistance
• 24 Hour Party People2002
  • Tony Wilson Names the Factory
  • Tony Wilson Names Joy Division
  • Tony Wilson Announces the US Tour

From the same entry

• tear apart, to shreds, to bits
• tear at your heart
• tear your hair
• a tearing hurry
• be torn
• tear off a strip
• that's torn it
• tear the heart out of
• tear limb from limb
• break loose from
• in one piece
• in shreds

More idioms

• see the light
• set foot in
• take your chances
• at this rate
• be flattered
• bridge the gap
• having said that
• kick the bucket
• the beginning of the end
• a dime a dozen
• a good bet
• at worst