What is another word for "tear"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "tear": absolution, absolve, acquire, acquit, acquittal, acquittance, acrid, acridity, adrift, affranchise, affranchisement, assafoetida, astringency, astringent, asunder, bad, bite, biting, bitter, break, cast, clear, collar, deliver, deliverance, disband, discharge, disengage, disengagement, disentangle, disenthrall, disenthrallment, disjoin, dismiss, dismissal, emancipate, emancipation, empyreuma, empyreumatic, enfranchise.

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