TEAR is validvalid

to excrete a saline liquid from the eye [v TEARED, TEARING, TEARS] / to pull apart into pieces [v TEARING, TEARS, TORE, TORN] : TEARABLE [adj]

4,802 of 196,601 in NWL2023·also valid in CSW24

to weep [v -ED, -ING, -S] / to pull apart [v TORE, TORN, TEARING, TEARS]