tear apart

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to criticize something severely and in detail

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   tear apart something / tear something apart

   Usage: In this figurative sense, the criticized work or argument is the object. Put a pronoun before apart: tear it apart.

   The reviewers proceeded to tear apart the film's implausible plot and wooden dialogue.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   The reviewers proceeded to tear apart the film's implausible plot and wooden dialogue.

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