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What does tear off mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word tear off? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To rip away from; to pull a piece from forcibly.
  2. (intransitive) To leave or depart rapidly.
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Why on earth, one of you asks, do we still have round road tax discs and waste all that paper, and effort, as we tear off the perforated bits?
The landing gear would have had to be in the extended position for it to tear off.
Wire-o agenda with rigid hot stamped covers, bilingual medium desk weekly to-do format, white pages, tear off corners and 9 coloured world maps.
The university's Sunday afternoon sessions are where some of the area's most buffed and ruthless body benders tear off their moves.
I rush inside and tear off an elasticated corner from the sheet Sam burned, then grab a small tapestry-covered square cushion from the settee.
During this sequence, the forward carry-through structure was damaged, allowing the two wings to tear off.

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