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tearout

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Synonym of blowout.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: arts, business, carpentry, construction, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle, manufacturing, woodworking

Examples

  • He's got a bunch of tearouts on the finished side. It's cheaper and easier to redo it than to patch it, but the job's unprofitable either way.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blowout

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

The shearing of metal by a bolt, pin, rivet, or similar fastener due to stress.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: structural engineering

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noun

Meaning 3

The tearing of tissue at the position of an incision, suture, staple, pin, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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noun

Meaning 4

The demolition phase of remodeling or decommissioning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The plan is to have the tearout done by next week.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: demolition, demo

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noun

Meaning 5

A card, page, or set of pages designed to be detached from a magazine or book, usually along a perforated line.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 6

A subgenre of dubstep characterized by intense basslines, distorted synths, and high-energy rhythms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 7

A feature allowing a tab or other entity to be dragged out of a window and to create its own new window.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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History

Etymology

Deverbal from tear out.