tear (someone or something) in twain

old-fashioned To tear someone or something into halves or two pieces of relatively equal size. The strongman impressed the audience by tearing a phonebook in twain with his bare hands. The demonic creature grabbed poor Ishmael and tore him in twain.

See also: tear, twain

See also:

tear (someone or something) in half
tear (someone or something) in two
rip (someone or something) in half
rip in half
rip (someone or something) in twain
rip (someone or something) in two
in two
in half
fashion
in the train of (someone)

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