1
as in tearing
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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2
as in slicing
to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)
you can see where someone ripped the painting with a penknife
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3
as in travelling
to proceed or move quickly
the car went ripping down the road
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as in yanking
to separate or remove by forceful pulling
rip a sheet off the pad of paper
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Recent Examples of ripping
Wildfires are typically regarded as a summer event, ripping through forests and homes in the hotter months.
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Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Find out more tips, plus recommendations for tights that are less prone to ripping.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Other left-leaning aldermen who did not sign the 41-person letter ripping Johnson for the schools fight struck a more conciliatory tone.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2024
Jolie’s parents separate following her father’s business failings, ripping her from an affluent life in Belgium, where her father is from, to a new one in Baltimore, where her mother’s sister runs their family’s century-old ranch.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024
Soon, their new patchwork family is ripping at the seams.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Last week, Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm before ripping through six states leaving a path of destruction in its wake and killing more than 100 people.
—Kait Hanson, Travel + Leisure, 2 Oct. 2024
Not to mention, fragrance has evolved since the days of ripping perfume samples out of magazines.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2024
Overall, though, this is a ripping quiver killer for intermediate and up women who demand a high-performance, versatile, and fun daily driver.
—Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 27 Sep. 2024
Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Find out more tips, plus recommendations for tights that are less prone to ripping.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Other left-leaning aldermen who did not sign the 41-person letter ripping Johnson for the schools fight struck a more conciliatory tone.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2024
Jolie’s parents separate following her father’s business failings, ripping her from an affluent life in Belgium, where her father is from, to a new one in Baltimore, where her mother’s sister runs their family’s century-old ranch.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024
Soon, their new patchwork family is ripping at the seams.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Last week, Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm before ripping through six states leaving a path of destruction in its wake and killing more than 100 people.
—Kait Hanson, Travel + Leisure, 2 Oct. 2024
Not to mention, fragrance has evolved since the days of ripping perfume samples out of magazines.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2024
Overall, though, this is a ripping quiver killer for intermediate and up women who demand a high-performance, versatile, and fun daily driver.
—Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 27 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ripping
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She was limited to buying boys’ basketball shoes as a high schooler in the 2010s before tearing her ACL.Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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Ten months after tearing his right knee’s anterior cruciate ligament, Hufanga made his season debut last Sunday, recording seven tackles and playing 53-of-58 defensive snaps in a 27-24 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
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Looking ahead, its beer business should continue grabbing market share and its hard to imagine the wine-and-spirits unit getting much worse.Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
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A day could include grabbing cardamom snurrer at a bakery in Østerbro, poking around the design shops of Frederiksstaden, stopping for a dip at one of the harbor's swimming spots, and ending up at a biodynamic wine bar in Christianshavn.Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Oct. 2024
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One of his first moves was to announce a big restructuring plan that involved slashing 10,000 jobs, or 13% of its workforce, a reduction that helped the company afford the hefty settlement payouts.BYPhil Wahba, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
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Unless investors have specifically allocated their money toward funds dedicated toward slashing emissions, ignoring crucial financial performance metrics violates the fiduciary responsibility of institutional investors.Wayne Winegarden, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Most novelists freely pump the gas and the brakes, zipping through the boring bits to get to the good ones, but his pacing is remorselessly steady, the metronome locked at 60, one second per second.Lev Grossman, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
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Quanta Magazine caught up with him a couple of times this year over Zoom to hear why space-time might be fundamental after all, and what the symmetries of the particles zipping around in it might suggest.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
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The driving rats project has opened new and unexpected doors in my behavioral neuroscience research lab.Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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Modern cars have almost unilaterally replaced dashboards full of tactile knobs with sleek, iPad-like digital displays, despite concerns these alluring devices might be making distracted driving worse.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
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The jumping-for-beef gag is meme magic in itself — and has helped the Parkour Civilization phenomenon blow up on X (formerly Twitter) in recent days.Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
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Nighttime experiences are spookier, with darker lighting and characters in scary masks jumping out to startle visitors.Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Oct. 2024
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The idea of being welcomed into a team of like minded individuals and franchisees, with the ability to access help and support when required can undoubtedly be a strong pull, and help to alleviate some of the elements of stress and worry that comes with running an independent venture.Fiona Simpson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Investing in a franchise is often perceived as less of a financial risk than embarking on an independent enterprise, as well as offering the ability to be up and running and generating income relatively quickly.Fiona Simpson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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The ongoing geopolitical issues globally have kept the defense stocks buzzing.Trefis Team, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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But Democratic attendees at Walz's rally on Saturday were buzzing about Senate race.Isabella Murray, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Ripping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripping. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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