tear somebody limb from limbliteraryATTACK to attack someone in a very violent way 痛打某人;猛烈攻击某人tear somebody limb from limb• They slew the gentle musician, tearing him limb from limb, and flung the severed head into the swift river Hebrus.• Had she known, she'd have torn him limb from limb, bitten his sun-browned flesh till the blood flowed.• Garcia's opponents are angry enough to tear him limb from limb.• I thought he was going to tear me limb from limb.
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