rip up
phrasal verb
ripped up; ripping up; rips up
: to completely destroy (something) by tearing it into pieces
He ripped up the check.
She ripped the letter up into tiny pieces.
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Swansea made one more effort to rip up the script everyone has been keen to write for Leeds this season by scoring a late equaliser.
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Nancy Froston, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
Hardest hit was the eastern side of the state, from Augusta down to Valdosta, where Helene ripped up countless trees, downed power lines and destroyed buildings.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
The tornado morphs again to give us the real finale, a spinning top of pain that rips up a lot of a small town and even a movie theater — this is why box office is struggling!
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 19 July 2024
In the last few days, the intelligence agencies have issued further public notifications that—presumably as part of the same scheme—Russia was behind bogus videos falsely depicting someone in Pennsylvania ripping up ballots and Haitians illegally voting in Georgia.
—The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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Nancy Froston, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
Hardest hit was the eastern side of the state, from Augusta down to Valdosta, where Helene ripped up countless trees, downed power lines and destroyed buildings.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
The tornado morphs again to give us the real finale, a spinning top of pain that rips up a lot of a small town and even a movie theater — this is why box office is struggling!
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 19 July 2024
In the last few days, the intelligence agencies have issued further public notifications that—presumably as part of the same scheme—Russia was behind bogus videos falsely depicting someone in Pennsylvania ripping up ballots and Haitians illegally voting in Georgia.
—The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Rip up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rip%20up. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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