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squarciare

to tear open

verb skwar-CHAH-reh Rare

Also means

to rip apart

Usage Note

Squarciare means to rip or tear something forcibly — a veil, a wound, silence, the sky. Squarciare il silenzio (to shatter the silence) and squarciare le nuvole (to tear through the clouds) are common figurative uses. It takes avere as auxiliary and is a regular -are verb.

Examples

"Un lampo ha squarciato il cielo notturno."

Natural Translation

A lightning bolt tore open the night sky.

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