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RIP OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Burst out with a violent or profane utterance
Example:
ripped out with an oath
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "rip out" is one way to...):
burst out (give sudden release to an expression)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
Example:
extract information from the telegram
Synonyms:
draw out; extract; pull; pull out; pull up; rip out; take out; tear out
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "rip out" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Verb group:
draw; get out; pull; pull out; take out (bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rip out"):
squeeze out; wring out (extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing)
demodulate (extract information from a modulated carrier wave)
thread (remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
