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Open English Wordnet Nouns (n) rip , rent , snag , split , tear 2 an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart “there was a rip in his pants” ,
“she had snags in her stockings”
(n) rent , rip , split the act of rending or ripping or splitting something “he gave the envelope a vigorous rip”
Verbs (v) rend , rip , rive , pull tear or be torn violently “The curtain ripped from top to bottom” ,
“pull the cooked chicken into strips”
(v) rip move precipitously or violently “The tornado ripped along the coast”
(v) rip cut (wood) along the grain
(v) steal , rip off , rip take without the owner's consent “Someone stole my wallet on the train” ,
“This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation”
(v) rip criticize or abuse strongly and violently “The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly”