arracher

Surmontant une vive répugnance, j’arrachai au col la chemise du cadavre, et la clef nous apparut, enfilée à un bout de corde goudronnée, que je tranchai à l’aide de son propre couteau.
Overcoming a strong repugnance, I tore open his shirt at the neck, and there, sure enough, hanging to a bit of tarry string, which I cut with his own gully, we found the key.
Lorsque j`entendis cela, je déchirai mes vêtements et mon manteau, je m`arrachai les cheveux de la tête et les poils de la barbe, et je m`assis désolé.
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
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