Verb

(ripp)

To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.

to rip''' a garment; to '''rip up a floor

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, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.}}

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=Foreword citation , passage=A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.}}

To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.

My shirt ripped when it caught on a bramble.

To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.

* Granville

He'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.

(figurative) To move quickly and destructively.

* 2007 , Roger Baker, Emotional Processing (page 136)

On 18 November 1987 a horrific flash fire ripped through the escalators and ticket hall of King's Cross tube station, killing thirty people.

(woodworking) To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain. Contrast crosscut.

(transitive, slang, computing) To copy data from CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.

(slang, narcotics) To take a "hit" of marijuana.

(slang) To fart.

(US, slang) To mock or criticize.

(transitive, slang, chiefly, demoscene) To steal; to rip off.

* 2001 , "rex deathstar", Opensource on demoscene'' (discussion on Internet newsgroup ''comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos )

opensource is a double-edged sword. while you have a chance of people using and improving on the code, you will also have the chance of lamers ripping it.

* 2002 , "Ray Norrish", Barbarian demo circa 1988?'' (on newsgroup ''alt.emulators.amiga )

To move or act fast, to rush headlong.

(archaic) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up .

* Clarendon

They ripped up all that had been done from the beginning of the rebellion.

* Milton

For brethren to debate and rip up their falling out in the ear of a common enemy is neither wise nor comely.

Verb

To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.

* 1856 : (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling

He suffered, poor man, at seeing her so badly dressed, with laceless boots, and the arm-holes of her pinafore torn down to the hips; for the charwoman took no care of her.

To injure as if by pulling apart.

To cause to lose some kind of unity or coherence.

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To make (an opening) with force or energy.

To remove by tearing.

To demolish

To become torn, especially accidentally.

To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.

To smash or enter something with great force.

Verb

(en verb)

To produce tears.

Her eyes began to tear in the harsh wind.