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tear off

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Verb

  1. To rip away from; to pull a piece from forcibly.
  2. To become detached by tearing or ripping.
  3. To leave or depart rapidly.

Noun

  1. Alternative form of tear-off.
  2. A strip or sheet of paper, plastic film, etc., that is designed to be removed by tearing or pulling off.
  3. A pull-down menu that can be detached from its parent menu bar and dragged around the screen.
  4. A COM (Component Object Model) interface that is instantiated only when explicitly requested.

Adjective

  1. Designed to be removed by tearing or pulling off.

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