{{wiktionary|tear|tearing|tears}} '''Tear''', '''tears''' or '''tearing''' may refer to:
* Tearing, the act of breaking apart a material by force * Tears, a clear liquid secreted by the tear gland in the eyes of land mammals
{{tocright}} ==Arts and entertainment== ===Literature=== * "Tears", a poem by Edward Thomas * "Tears", a poem by Walt Whitman
===Music=== ====Performers==== * The Tears, an English rock band * Tears (Danish band), a jazz-rock group
====Albums==== * ''Tears'' (The Crocodiles album), 1980 * ''Tears'' (The Crüxshadows album), 2001 * ''Tears'' (Paul Bley album), 1983 * ''Tears'', by Fumiya Fujii, 1996 * ''Tears'', by Joseph Williams, 2007 * ''Love Yourself: Tear'', by BTS, 2018
====Songs==== * "Tear", by Lotion from ''Full Isaac'', 1993 * "Tear", by Smashing Pumpkins from ''Adore'', 1998 * "Tear", by Red Hot Chili Peppers from ''By the Way'', 2002
* "Tears" (Clean Bandit song), 2016 * "Tears" (Fayray song), 2000 * "Tears" (1930 song), by Frank Capano, made famous by Ken Dodd, 1965 * "Tears" (Perrie Edwards song), 2024 * "Tears" (Rush song), 1976 * "Tears" (Sabrina Carpenter song), 2025 * "Tears" (Tyla song), 2024 * "Tears" (X Japan song), 1993 * "Tears", by Aly & AJ from ''Insomniatic'', 2007 * "Tears", by Charli XCX and Caroline Polachek from ''Pop 2'', 2017 * "Tears", by Health from the ''Max Payne 3'' soundtrack, 2012 * "Tears", by Jisoo from ''Amortage'', 2025 * "Tears", by Macklemore from ''Ben'', 2023 * "Tears", by Rockell from ''Instant Pleasure'', 2000 * "Tears", by The Stone Roses from ''Second Coming'', 1994 * "Tears", by Tinie Tempah featuring Cleo Sol, 2007 * "Tears", by Underground Solution featuring Colour Girl, 1998 * "Tears!", by 5 Seconds of Summer from ''5SOS5'' * "Tearz", by Wu-Tang Clan from ''Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)'', 1993 * "Outro: Tear", by BTS from ''Love Yourself: Tear'', 2018
===Other uses in arts and entertainment=== * Tear (scratch), a type of scratch used by turntablists * Tear (''The Wheel of Time''), a fictitious nation in the ''Wheel of Time'' series of fantasy novels * ''Tears'' (film), a 2000 South Korean film directed by Im Sang-soo * "Rei III", an episode of the television series ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', known in Japan as "Tears"
==People== * Tear (surname) * Amanda Tears, Belgian drag queen
== See also == * Rip and Tear (disambiguation) * Tare (disambiguation) * Screen tearing, a visual display artifact * Data races, called "torn reads" or "torn writes" * Tearfund, a British charity * Tears for Fears, an English pop rock band * Tear sheet, a proof of publication used in advertising
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