rip

About 2.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb 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. verb To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.

   My shirt ripped when it was caught on a bramble.

3. verb To remove violently or wrongly.

   A child untimely ripped from its parents' arms.

4. verb To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
5. verb To move quickly and destructively.

   The tornado ripped through northern Nebraska.

6. verb To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.
7. verb To copy data from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc., to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
8. verb To take a hit, dose or shot of a drug (such as marijuana) or alcohol.

   He spent the day ripping shots at the bar and ripping blunts at home.

Similar words

profligate rend tear rive pull split rake blood rent riptide

Often followed by

van the off and it out up in open

Word family

RIP rip to pieces rip to shreds ripped ripped to pieces ripped to shreds ripped to shreds/pieces ripping ripping to pieces ripping to shreds