tear open
tear open:
1. rĕscindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3: to t. open a wound, r. vulnus, Plin. Ep. 7, 19, ad fin. Fig.: Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 32.
2. proscindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3 (to t. open in front): to t. a fish open, p. piscem, Apul. Apol. p. 300: to t. an oak open with an axe, ferro p. quercum, Lucan 3, 434.
3. haurio, hausi, haustum, 4: the wild boar tore open his thigh, aper hausit femur, Ov. M. 8, 371: Liv. 7, 10. Phr.: to t. open one's own wounds, manus suis vulneribus afferre, Cic. Att. 3, 15, ad init.: to t. the breast open, reserare pectus, Ov. M. 6, 663.
1. rĕscindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3: to t. open a wound, r. vulnus, Plin. Ep. 7, 19, ad fin. Fig.: Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 32.
2. proscindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3 (to t. open in front): to t. a fish open, p. piscem, Apul. Apol. p. 300: to t. an oak open with an axe, ferro p. quercum, Lucan 3, 434.
3. haurio, hausi, haustum, 4: the wild boar tore open his thigh, aper hausit femur, Ov. M. 8, 371: Liv. 7, 10. Phr.: to t. open one's own wounds, manus suis vulneribus afferre, Cic. Att. 3, 15, ad init.: to t. the breast open, reserare pectus, Ov. M. 6, 663.