tear into

English

Verb

To subject to a heavy attack, physical or figurative.
- 2011 January 5, Jonathan Stevenson, “Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City”, in BBC‎:
  They tore into a stunned City and there was only a minute on the clock when Samir Nasri slipped Jack Wilshere into the area, the 19-year-old's left-foot pass to the far post agonisingly evading a lunging Van Persie.

Synonyms

lace into, light into, rip into
See also Thesaurus:reprehend

Anagrams

tentoria

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