ript

Verb

rip (third-person singular simple present rips, present participle ripping, simple past and past participle ripped)

1. (transitive) To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
   • to rip a garment; to rip up a floor
2. (intransitive) To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.
   • My shirt ripped when it was caught on a bramble.
3. (transitive) To remove violently or wrongly.
   • A child untimely ripped from its parents' arms.
4. (transitive) To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
   • He'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.1726, George Granville, Cleora
5. (figuratively, intransitive) To move quickly and destructively.
   • The tornado ripped through northern Nebraska.
6. To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.

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