discerp

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discerp

(dɪˈsɜːp)

vb (tr)

1. to rip (something) into pieces

2. to tear off (from an object)

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discerp

- To shred or tear something apart.

See also related terms for tear.

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Verb	1.	discerp - divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war" dismember, take apart divide, part, separate - come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
	2.	discerp - cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body" lop, sever cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" sever, break up - set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"