tear into vs lay into

tear into and lay into both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tear into	No	No	Yes	No
lay into	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, tear into and lay into are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of tear into include lace into, lam into, pitch into.

tear into (verb)	lay into (verb)
hit violently, as in an attack	hit violently, as in an attack