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rip

[rip] / rɪp /
NOUN
tear, cut
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG




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These waves, combined with an incoming long-period southerly swell, will cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Forecasters also expect strong rip currents and dangerous waves, which increase the risk of drowning for people swimming at the beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Dairy farmers had to rip open silage clamps stored up for the winter to feed the cattle as the grass failed.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

So the company plotted an ambitious pivot: It would rip up the rulebook and switch to selling fewer cars at a much higher price.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

“It will rip a hole in the Americans’ boat.”

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

"It rips your soul out," he told Reuters news agency.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

An alarm on his pager rips him from sleep at 1 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

As a once-in-a-century storm rips the place apart, Tom’s conversion may have arrived too late for the town, its visitors and his family.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026

The episode’s signature moment comes in a soliloquy from Gen Z hero Ava Daniels, in which she rips into the idea that A.I. is inevitable and talks about how we can and should fight it.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

“Dat Spitz fight lak hell,” said Perrault, as he surveyed the gaping rips and cuts.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London

"Children's lives have been ripped apart in an instant yet again", the charity's director in Nepal, Tara Chettry, said.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

In 2019, they ripped one version out of Brooksville and rebuilt it from scratch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Dramatic footage shows the moment a tornado ripped through the city of Marsala and nearby town Petrosino, in Sicily.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

“I had a good feeling I was going to die,” Burns said of the incident that day, when he watched as the pilothouse, where the crew steers the ship, was ripped away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

The sandal ripped from my foot and staked into the ground.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

A social media influencer accused of ripping off wealthy suitors is competent to stand trial in Los Angeles County on criminal charges that she seduced and stole from rich men, a judge announced Friday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

McDonald’s and other fast-food chains aren’t ripping out their kiosks and suspending mobile ordering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

States that gave data centers billions in tax breaks are now ripping up the deals.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Videos of first-time buyers ripping rare cards on TikTok have racked up millions of views, and new collectors have sprung up everywhere as a result of the fandom reaching fresh audiences on social media.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026

Furious, I went back to the storage room to finish ripping open a crate of canned Alaska salmon.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns




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