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  • adjective able to be teared

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Examples

  • They were printed not on tearable paper, but on a semi-transparent fabric of silken, flexibility, interwoven with silk.

    When the Sleeper Wakes 2006

  • My only suggestion would be to add the perforation lines — it looks like this TP will need it to be “hand-tearable

    Firedoglake » What Digby Said… 2006

  • They were printed not on tearable paper, but on a semi-transparent fabric of silken, flexibility, interwoven with silk.

    When the Sleeper Wakes 1906

  • Ultraedit picked up tearable toolbars a few years ago, and I hate it.

    Planet Perl 2009

  • The most annoying example of this is tearable / dockable panels and menus.

    Planet Perl 2009

  • Try to use tape that is less tearable than scotch tape.

    D*I*Y Planner - Comments prescription diet pill new york 2008

  • "I really fell sorry for both Mom & Son, its a tearable thing that Loren did, but if the paper is right and Mashue is a fourth time offender, throw the book at him.

    unknown title 2009

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