'Tore' in the Bible

Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, "He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy.

The high priest tore his clothes, and said, "What further need have we of witnesses?

But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they tore their clothes, and sprang into the multitude, crying out,

The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.