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rip

/rɪp/

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noun
a dissolute man in fashionable society
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blood profligate rake rakehell roue

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debauchee rounder libertine
noun
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
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"there was a rip in his pants"

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rent snag split tear

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opening gap
verb
take without the owner's consent
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rip off steal

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take
noun
a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
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countercurrent crosscurrent riptide tide rip

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turbulency turbulence
noun
the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
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"he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"

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rent split

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tear
verb
tear or be torn violently
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"The curtain ripped from top to bottom" "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

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pull rend rive

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rupture tear snap bust
verb
criticize or abuse strongly and violently
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"The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"

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assault lash out round snipe assail attack
verb
cut (wood) along the grain
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cut
verb
move precipitously or violently
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"The tornado ripped along the coast"

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shoot shoot down charge tear buck

Examples of rip

"there was a rip in his pants"
"he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
"The curtain ripped from top to bottom"
"pull the cooked chicken into strips"
"The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"
"The tornado ripped along the coast"