ripper

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Recent Examples of ripper Additional tools include a back box ripper for cutting tape and packaging materials and a cord cutter for light tasks. New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2024 Fritz kicked his first serve into Evans’s single-handed backhand to devastating effect, rather than just hitting his usual flat rippers. James Hansen, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024 The conditions are so good, the beach is a stop in the USA Surfing’s Prime Series of competitions for rippers under 18. Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 July 2024 Jeff and Steve prove to be the grunge Lennon/McCartney or Chilton/Bell on Redd Kross, both trading and teaming up on anthemic rippers tailored for top-down blaring. Brad Cohan, SPIN, 3 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for ripper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ripper
Noun
  • Working with Jessica [Yu, director] is a dream.
    Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Saft’s decorating dreams began early.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Finding one last meditation on the beauty of Majorca, head to Palma’s western outskirts by car to visit the Fundació Miró Mallorca, a museum on the property where the 20th-century Spanish painter Joan Miró lived and worked during the final years of his life.
    Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • These are the words lead hairstylist Jawara Wauchope used to describe the beauty at this year’s Victoria’s Secret fashion show.
    Essence, Essence, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Made in Italy, the beauts are marked by incredible attention to detail and top craftsmanship, because every part of your body deserves to be treated with something this chic — earlobes included.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Literally anyone who can ride a bike can hoist a beaut by pressing a little button by your throttle and ride it out until the wheels fall off or the battery dies.
    Joe Salas August 01, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Julia Roberts is the divine ripsnorter of weeping.
    New York Times, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Will relish manager Brendan Rodgers style of play, and could have another ripsnorter of a campaign.
    SI.com, SI.com, 6 July 2019
Noun
  • The second number of the show was, if not as much of a surprise, equally a corker… and a thematically appropriate choice for the followup choice in the set.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Based on a script by Richard Price and Alexander Ignon, Ransom is a corker of a paranoid, father’s-worst-nightmare thriller in which Gibson plays Tom, a one-percenter who discovers that his son has been kidnapped.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Season 3 cranks the tension up to an 11 and ends on a humdinger of a twist.
    Allison DeGrushe Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • And that first Game 7 in finals history, in the parlance of the day, was a humdinger.
    The Athletic NBA Staff, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • This wonder is the showpiece of the Virginia State Park that includes an hour-long hike through forests and the James River Valley.
    Heather Bien, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Courtesy of Cepee Tabibian Walking everywhere has done wonders for my stress levels.
    Cepee Tabibian, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Founded in 1962, the museum highlights 200 years of canal history through interactive exhibits, original artifacts, and engaging programs that explore how this engineering marvel shaped New York’s communities and culture, past and present.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Kiss was especially popular in the mid-1970s, selling tens of millions of albums and licensing its iconic look to become a marketing marvel.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Ripper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripper. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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