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slang

ripped

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verb

past tense of rip
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as in tore
to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it the dog ripped the sleeve of my shirt by grabbing it with his teeth

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Recent Examples of ripped
Adjective
For once, the entity piercing through The View's airspace was not a phantom noise, a doomed gnat, an unknown spectral entity, or Joy Behar's cell phone, but rather the thrusting pelvis of a ripped stripper. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024 Brenda Ceja of Whittier brought in a ripped pair of pants for her second visit to Radical Sewing Club. Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
Verb
Nuggets coach Michael Malone, whose first head coaching job was in Sacramento, ripped the Kings for firing Mike Brown on Friday and revealed that Brown was informed of the decision via phone call after leaving a team practice. Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 27 Dec. 2024 Other footage showed part of its fuselage ripped away from the wings and the rest of the aircraft lying upside in the grass. Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ripped 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ripped
Adjective
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers have added a plethora of stars this offseason, including multiple additions to a loaded starting pitching rotation.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Their comfort food options, like vegan burgers and loaded fries, are always crowd-pleasers.
    Alexandra Maloney, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Also, since these wines generally do not age well – most are designed to be drunk upon release or within 2 to 3 years – producing enough to meet market demand while keeping a close eye on shifting consumer trends may make good business sense.
    Liz Thach, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • On another occasion in 2009, Hegseth was found drunk at a strip club in downtown Minneapolis in his military uniform, drunk and getting lap dances.
    Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In its first game without Sixth Man of the Year candidate Moe Wagner, who tore the ACL in his left knee on Saturday, Orlando relied on a wide variety of scorers, with five finishing in double figures.
    Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The Carolina Panthers’ outside linebacker tore his quad on Christmas Eve last year in what turned out to be his final game with the Minnesota Vikings.
    Joseph Person, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Eby suggests topping plain Greek yogurt with fried eggs, avocado, salmon, crispy chickpeas or marinated cherry tomatoes.
    Andee Tagle, NPR, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Today’s fried green tomatoes are double-breaded and served with a special Mississippi comeback sauce.
    Carolanne Griffith Roberts, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Later Cardini shredded the leaves into bite-sized pieces.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • One vice that Simpson shredded in 2020 was her battle with alcohol.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • In another incident that month, a train conductor was slashed in the neck.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • So much so that movement speeds of loads (up or down) were slashed by 85% compared to common-or-garden backpacks.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • On their way out the door, Kinch grabbed the pistol and placed it in the console of his truck.
    Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Multiple officers grabbed Kerley and attempted to take him to the ground.
    Zach Powell, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Nonetheless, fusion research is rarely a wasted effort, Whyte says.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2024
  • There is no wasted movement, and virtually everything seems to have a purpose.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024

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“Ripped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripped. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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