S tear. f. [from Lat. laceratio-onis]. - The original, and most often the effect of the tear, the tear: the l. a fabric; the resistance., attitude of a sheet of paper, or plastic sheets and plates, to resist the forces that tend to-cerarli (is determined with special equipment). In medical parlance, the traumatic rupture of a tissue or an organ, which may take place by stretching, crushing, bruise or burst. Fig, no com., Agony of the soul, burning pain: the departure of the son was a true l. for the poor woman.
Photographic tribute to L'Aquila and their city.
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