prang vs tear

prang

verb
  • To damage (the vehicle one is driving) in an accident; to have a minor collision with (another motor vehicle). 

  • To crash; to have an accident while controlling a vehicle. 

noun
  • A type of tower or spire featured in some Buddhist temples of Cambodia and Thailand. 

  • An accident involving a motor vehicle, typically minor and without casualties. 

  • Crack cocaine. 

tear

verb
  • To injure as if by pulling apart. 

  • To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional. 

  • To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence. 

  • To produce tears. 

  • To make (an opening) with force or energy. 

  • To become torn, especially accidentally. 

  • To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. 

  • To remove by tearing. 

  • To smash or enter something with great force. 

  • To demolish 

noun
  • A rampage. 

  • A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass. 

  • A hole or break caused by tearing. 

  • A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation. 

  • Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins. 

  • That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge. 

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