The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TORE
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What does TORE mean?
TORE adjective- Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.
- Strong, sturdy; great, massive.
- Full; rich.
- To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
- To injure as if by pulling apart.
- To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
- To make (an opening) with force or energy.
- (often with off or out) To remove by tearing.
- (of structures, with down) To demolish
- To become torn, especially accidentally.
- To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
- To smash or enter something with great force.
- The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
- The solid enclosed by such a surface; an anchor ring.
- A topological space which is a product of two circles.
- The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a shape consisting of a ring with a circular cross-section: the shape of an inner tube or hollow doughnut.
- (in combination, n-torus, 4-torus, etc.) The product of the specified number of circles.
- A molding which projects at the base of a column and above the plinth.
- The end of the peduncle or flower stalk to which the floral parts (or in the Asteraceae, the florets of a flower head) are attached; receptacle, thalamus.
- A rounded ridge, especially one on the occipital bone.
- The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.