ripping Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb tear or be torn violently
   rive; pull; rend; rip.
   
   • The curtain ripped from top to bottom
   • pull the cooked chicken into strips
2. verb move precipitously or violently
   rip.
   
   • The tornado ripped along the coast
3. verb cut (wood) along the grain
   rip.
   
4. verb criticize or abuse strongly and violently
   rip.
   
   • The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly
5. adjective satellite resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree
   rending; splitting.
   
   • the tree split with a great ripping sound
   • heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward

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