rip up

Verb

Meaning

tear into shreds

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

tear up shred bash rend slam break destroy ride pull tear signify rupture trash tearing slap
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Antonyms

have join connect combine bind acclaim
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Hypernyms

tear snap bust rupture

Hyponyms

tease

Examples

Ed: Rip up the streets? HST: With jackhammers. Ed: With jackhammers? Hunter S. Thompson

I'm not classically trained or anything, but I'll rip up a dance floor. Beau Mirchoff

Since 9/11, the Bush administration has used that tragic event as a justification to rip up our constitution and our civil liberties. And I honestly believe that one or two 9/11s, and martial law will be declared in our country and we're inching towards a police state. Michael Moore

I support Alice Waters in her desire that there be a vegetable garden at the White House. I don't think they should rip up the Rose Garden, because that's something that I love. They should probably dig up another patch and grow some vegetables there. Martha Stewart

I'd get kicked out of buildings all day long, people would rip up my business card in my face. It's a humbling business to be in. But I knew I could sell and I knew I wanted to sell something I had created. I cut the feet out of those pantyhose and I knew I was on to something. This was it. Sara Blakely

OTTAWA — A pledge by U.S. president-elect Joe Biden to rip up some of the Trump administration's most controversial immigration policies is an opportunity for Canada, says federal Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

rip to pieces rip to shreds RIP troll rip up the form book rip up the rulebook Rip Van Winkle