rip up

verb

ripped up; ripping up; rips up

transitive verb

: to destroy something by tearing it to pieces

ripped up the letter

Examples of rip up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Most detrimental to the ecosystem, the boats’ spinning pedals rip up the vegetation that is growing under the water and floating to the surface, anglers say, causing ripple effects on the fish that use the plants as shelter and a food source. —Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026

For ripping up the ground and installing a new large underground network of connecting pipes and pumps that collect floodwater, filter and treat it, and dump it into Biscayne Bay, the price tag was around $44 million. —Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026

One and done My plan for this week was to use Morikawa, and that plan was ripped up with one practice driver swing at the Players Championship. —Dennis Esser, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026

Even with the seats ripped up in rows and the bleachers bent and cracked into pieces along the lower part of the bowl as the dismantling and sell off gets underway, the place just emanates history. —Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for rip up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup