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Rip (Verb)

Cut (wood) along the grain.

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation".

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly".

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast".

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.