To End
To Die
intransitive verb, ichidan verb
If you tear (てる) up a fruit, its life is going to end. In other words, the poor thing is going to die. Fruit can't go on when they've been beaten up so much.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:
The fruit's life is about to end and you laugh, "Hahahaha (は)!" And then you start tearing at it more! What's wrong with you? Weirdo...
こんなところで果てるわけにはいかないと思ったんです。
I thought, I must not die here.
三日もねてないから、つかれ果てたよ。
I haven't slept for three days and I'm exhausted.
いつ果てるともなく続く会議に、社員は全員ウンザリしていた。
The meeting continued without any sign of ending and the employees were getting fed up.