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rip

noun as in tear, cut

verb as in tear, cut

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Elephants around Lake Manyara in Tanzania were killing acacia trees by ripping off bark and leaving “pale ghostly white trunks.”

You got to rip the Band-Aid off and have these conversations.

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Her home was the only one standing on her street after a fire in 1993 ripped through her old neighborhood.

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In the group-stage fixture between these teams, South Africa were skittled for just 69 as England's spinners ripped through them, and it immediately looked like their World Cup campaign was on the ropes.

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If I’m going to run again, I’m going to rip off the Constitution’s head and s**t down its neck.’”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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