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RIP UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tear into shreds

Synonyms:

rip up; shred; tear up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "rip up" is one way to...):

bust; rupture; snap; tear (separate or cause to separate abruptly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rip up"):

tease (tear into pieces)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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