Synonyms of torn into

torn into

phrase

past participle of tear into

1

as in sailed into

to start work on energetically

She tore into the home renovation project as soon as all the materials had been purchased.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sailed into
• dived (into)
• had at
• approached
• waded (in or into)
• undertaken
• pitched into
• tackled
• gone at
• attacked
• lit into
• concentrated (on)
• focused (on)
• settled (down)
• fallen (to)
• addressed
• pursued
• buckled (down to)
• plunged (in)
• pitched in
• faced
• knuckled down (to)
• zeroed (in on)
• taken up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoided
• evaded
• shunned
• fiddled (around)
• played
• puttered (around)
• lagged
• fooled
• messed
• trifled
• poked
• idled
• dawdled
• pottered (around)
• dallied
• monkeyed (around)
• dillydallied

2

as in attacked

to take sudden, violent action against

We watched the fighters tear into each other during the final round.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacked
• assaulted
• set at
• charged
• pitched into
• set on
• turned (on)
• jumped (on)
• set upon
• descended (on or upon)
• lit into
• struck
• gone in (on)
• rounded on
• raided
• gone at
• stormed
• flown at
• pounced (on or upon)
• assailed
• beset
• rushed
• bushwhacked
• sicced
• beaten up on
• trashed
• surprised
• ambushed
• robbed
• ganged up (on)
• sacked
• swarmed
• banged away (at)
• mobbed
• invaded
• ambuscaded
• waylaid
• battered
• blitzed
• bombarded
• mugged
• buffeted
• flanked
• ravaged
• nuked
• bombed
• beleaguered
• plundered
• looted
• besieged
• barraged
• plastered
• bum-rushed
• pillaged
• overrun
• harried
• cannoned
• cannonaded
• pressed
• enveloped
• forayed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• covered
• protected
• secured
• defended
• guarded
• shielded