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abreißen (v.t.)  to tear/rip off, break/pull off; tear down, demolish; get through, stick (it) out; (v.it.) fly/break off; come to an end, be broken off, shut down

In seinem Katastrophenfilm The Day After Tomorrow zeigt der Regisseur Roland Emmerich wie der Golfstrom abreißt und die Welt deshalb eiskalt wird.
In his disaster film The Day After Tomorrow director Roland Emmerich shows how the Gulf Stream shuts down and causes the world to become ice cold.

Related: abgerissen ragged; disjointed, fragmentary, der Abriss demolition, tearing down, die Abrissbirne wrecking ball
Confused with: abreisen to leave, depart

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