ἀποσπαράσσειν

From LSJ

Χαίρειν ἐπ' αἰσχροῖς οὐδέποτε χρὴ πράγμασιν → Non decet in rebus esse laetum turpibus → In schlimmer Not ist Freude niemals angebracht

Menander, Monostichoi, 544

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also: ἀποσπαράσσω) tear away, tear off, wrench off