rip up
phrasal verb
ripped up; ripping up; rips up
: to completely destroy (something) by tearing it into pieces
He ripped up the check.
She ripped the letter up into tiny pieces.
Examples of rip up in a Sentence
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Matos, once the Giants’ No. 4 overall prospect, is ripping up the Cactus League.
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Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
Someone had even ripped up and discarded his FOR SALE sign.
—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 14 Mar. 2024
This means not only a total repudiation of Palestinian statehood, but also a pledge to rip up what’s left of the Oslo Accords.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2024
Ultimately, right-wingers would like to rip up America’s whole safety net.
—Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
In 1998, the Supreme Court ripped up the longstanding exemption, telling the government that allowing Haredim to get out of conscription violated equal protection principles.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 24 Mar. 2024
Eradicating TikTok, like the killing off of Vine, rips up a piece of the social fabric.
—Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2024
Some in the state are ripping up mustard plants and turning them into paper, dyes, pesto and, of course, mustard, the condiment.
—Eric Risberg and Janie Har, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024
Roger Mitchell, a former D.C. medical examiner, said inmates could rip up the paperwork and either smoke it or place pieces of it under their tongues to get intoxicated.
—Nate Jones, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
Someone had even ripped up and discarded his FOR SALE sign.
—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 14 Mar. 2024
This means not only a total repudiation of Palestinian statehood, but also a pledge to rip up what’s left of the Oslo Accords.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2024
Ultimately, right-wingers would like to rip up America’s whole safety net.
—Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
In 1998, the Supreme Court ripped up the longstanding exemption, telling the government that allowing Haredim to get out of conscription violated equal protection principles.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 24 Mar. 2024
Eradicating TikTok, like the killing off of Vine, rips up a piece of the social fabric.
—Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2024
Some in the state are ripping up mustard plants and turning them into paper, dyes, pesto and, of course, mustard, the condiment.
—Eric Risberg and Janie Har, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024
Roger Mitchell, a former D.C. medical examiner, said inmates could rip up the paperwork and either smoke it or place pieces of it under their tongues to get intoxicated.
—Nate Jones, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
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“Rip up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rip%20up. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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