Also means
rupture
Usage Note
Déchirure is feminine and means a tear or rip in fabric, paper, or muscle tissue. In medicine, une déchirure musculaire is a muscle tear or strain, a common sports injury. Figuratively it conveys a painful emotional rift, as in une déchirure dans le coeur (a heartbreak). The related verb is déchirer (to tear).
Examples
"Il a une déchirure musculaire à la jambe."
Natural Translation
He has a muscle tear in his leg.

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