rip the heart out of something

rip the heart out of something
rip the heart out of something mainly journalism phrase
to destroy or seriously damage something

These changes will rip the heart out of the island’s economy.

Thesaurus: to destroy or severely damage somethingsynonym
Main entry: rip

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ˌtear/ˌrip the ˈheart out of sth idiom
to destroy the most important part or aspect of sth

Closing the factory tore the heart out of the community.

Main entry:heartidiom

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