splurge vs tear

splurge

verb
  • To (cause to) gush; to flow or move in a rush. 

  • To spend lavishly or extravagantly, especially money. 

  • To produce an extravagant or ostentatious display. 

noun
  • An extravagant indulgence; a spending spree. 

  • An extravagant or ostentatious display. 

tear

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

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

  • To injure as if by pulling apart. 

  • 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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