rip

Nouns

• (n) a dissolute man in fashionable society profligate, rake, rakehell, roue, blood,
• (n) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
  • there was a rip in his pants
  • she had snags in her stockings
  rent, tear, snag, split,
• (n) a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current countercurrent, crosscurrent, riptide, tide rip,
• (n) the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
  • he gave the envelope a vigorous rip
  rent, split,

Verbs

• (v) tear or be torn violently
  • The curtain ripped from top to bottom
  • pull the cooked chicken into strips
  rend, rive, pull,
• (v) move precipitously or violently
  • The tornado ripped along the coast
• (v) cut (wood) along the grain
• (v) criticize or abuse strongly and violently
  • The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly

Synonyms

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