Lacerate

The answer

TEAR

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TEAR answer page.

Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• RIP (9 uses in xd)
• REND (6 uses in xd)
• MAIM (2 uses in xd)
• TEARAT (2 uses in xd)
• LANCINATE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for TEAR

Every other clue in this collection answered by TEAR, most used first.

• Rip - used 248 times, most recently in 2026
• Eye drop - used 135 times, most recently in 2026
• Rend - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
• Sign of sorrow - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Salty drop - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
• Spree - used 38 times, most recently in 2024
• Pull apart - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Glum drop? - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Rip (up) - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Binge - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Rip apart - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Bender - used 22 times, most recently in 2019
• Rent - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Shred - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Saline drop - used 21 times, most recently in 2014
• Sign of sadness - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Race - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
• Sorrowful drop - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Run like heck - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Drop of sorrow - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Fabric mishap - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Hot streak - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Shed item - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Disrupt. - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• Hightail it - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Lachrymal drop - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Speed - used 12 times, most recently in 2005
• Kind of gas - used 11 times, most recently in 2005
• Sign of remorse - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Dotted-line command - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Muscle injury - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Salty droplet - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Dotted-line instruction - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Drop of sadness - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Zoom - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Fabric flaw - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Go lickety-split - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Rampage - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Certain drop - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Cheek glistener - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Dash - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Get misty-eyed - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Go like mad - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Kind of drop - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Lachryma - used 7 times, most recently in 1987
• Lacrimal droplet - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Place for a patch - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Raze (with "down") - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Scotch tape target - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Symbol of sadness - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Wardrobe malfunction - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Cartilage injury - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Certain muscle injury - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Hank Williams Jr.'s "There's a ___ in My Beer" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Paper mishap - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Rush headlong - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Shed a __ (weep) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Sign of joy or sorrow - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Split - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Streak on a cheek - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Zip - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Lacerate - REND, used 6 times

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