What is "tore away"

Usage examples of "tore away".

Almost savagely, he tore away the beard, tore off the snowy wig dashed the smoked glasses upon the floor.

We then backed off, and threw the anchor over the dam, and tore away part of the dam.

I tore away the wet and smoked it to my fingertips-When I could no longer hold it I dropped it to the floor and crushed it with my heel.

Then he tore away his codpiece, snatched out the second vial, slapped it into the baron's hand, and turned to stand astride the Golden Griffon and keep him alive for the next few frantic minutes until the other armaragors arrived.

And Dougal, he was just too fast for Basil and Yosh to stop, and too crazy to realize what he was doing when he threw the tore away.

He cursed and relaxed his grip, and like a shot she tore away from him, sprinting for the safety of the woods.

As she knotted the silk length about her supple body, Conan turned to the window and with a contemptuous wrench tore away the soft gold bars that guarded it.

But when he tried to break it, it tore away like a protective scab, hurting his skin, exposing new nerves to the cold.

Elminster threw back his head and screamed again as the imps tore away all of his fingernails and began gnawing on the bleeding ends of his fingers.

Men and women embraced, an embrace of death, as nails tore away faces, as hands ripped away hair by the bloody roots.

He watched through the window as explosive bolts tore away the seal between the station and the travel pod, blasting it, twisting and turning, into space.