NichiDict

引き裂く

ひきさく
引裂く引きさく
[hikisaku]

Meanings

1.GodanTransitive

to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to tear to pieces

2.GodanTransitive

to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart

Examples

彼は書類を引き裂いた

He tore up the documents.

戦争が多くの家族を引き裂く

War tears many families apart.

怒りに任せて手紙を引き裂いてゴミ箱に捨てた。

I tore up the letter in anger and threw it in the trash.