uptear

Etymology

From up- + tear.

uptear means To tear up (wrench from the ground). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.

verb

To tear up (wrench from the ground).“I stood rigid, spellbound, watching the white wake of the torpedo. It struck us on the starboard side almost amidships. The vessel rocked as though the sea beneath it had been uptorn by a mighty volcano.”