rip

v

1. tear, rend, tear apart, put asunder, shred; cut, slit, slash, lacerate; rupture, separate, sever, dissever, cleave; split, rive, divide, halve, cut in two, quarter; hack, gash, gore, score.

2. tear off, pull off, detach, remove, unfix, disjoin; yank off, pick, withdraw, extract; peel, strip, bark, husk, skin.

3.Informal. speed, scuttle, Inf. hustle, flee, skip, tear; rush, hurry, gallop, Inf. go hellbent for leather, Inf. zip; fly, Inf. zoom, Inf. go like lightning, Inf. go like the dickens; clip, bound, cut along, scurry.

4. rip into Informal. attack, assail, besiege, oppugn; harry, harass, bombard; malign, impugn, vituperate, vilify, vilipend, calumniate, slander, abuse.

5. rip off Slang.a. steal, pilfer, shoplift, thieve, purloin, rob; pocket, snatch, loot, Sl. swipe, Sl. hock, Sl. pinch.b. swindle, cheat, humbug, victimize, trick, mislead, deceive; juggle, ensnare, fleece, dupe, cozen; sell, gyp, palm off, hoodwink, bamboozle.

n

6. rend, tear, crack; cut, laceration, slit, slash, score; split, fissure, rift, cleavage; severance, breach, rupture, fracture; cleft, break, fault.