RIPPING Synonyms: 169 Similar and Opposite Words

ripping

verb

present participle of rip

as in tearing

to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it the dog ripped the sleeve of my shirt by grabbing it with his teeth

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

as in slicing

to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife) you can see where someone ripped the painting with a penknife

Synonyms & Similar Words

as in rushing

to proceed or move quickly the car went ripping down the road

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in yanking

to separate or remove by forceful pulling rip a sheet off the pad of paper

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

reattaching

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of ripping The thing is an almost-four-hour-long continuous explosion — actors dancing, grappling, and hurling furniture; the director present onstage ripping pieces out of the set; paint and blood and flowers and feathers everywhere. —

Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026 Yet Grace is the one who wakes up in space, and this story emerges nonlinearly, narrative flashbacks like bursts of memory ripping through his brain, discombobulated after a long intergalactic coma. —

Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026 Garcia said the shocking allegations became public at a time when many Mexican Americans are seeing immigration arrests ripping families apart, people afraid to leave their homes, immigrants in prolonged detention and some dying in immigration custody. —

Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026 Yet Grace is the one who wakes up in space, and this story emerges nonlinearly, narrative flashbacks like bursts of memory ripping through his brain, discombobulated after a long intergalactic coma. —

Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026 Datebook Picks The wicked original was a black satire with ripping action and a kick-ass lead played with intelligence. —

Michael Ordoña, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026 Then, Boston Red Sox outfielder Wilyer Abreu didn’t miss a stitch of McLean’s middle-away fastball in the top of the fifth, ripping it over the center field wall. —

Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026 The front is credited with ripping the roof off a building in Gaffney, South Carolina, earlier in the morning, according to WYFF. —

Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 16 Mar. 2026 Expect to remove orchards In turn, many growers expect to remove their orchards, ripping peach trees of various varieties and ages from the ground to plant another crop in their place. —

Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ripping

Verb

However, videos showed people tearing the coverings off the fixtures later that day.

— Luzdelia Caballero, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
On Monday night, residents living near the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital in the Afghan capital heard a sharp sound tearing through the sky, followed by an explosion.

— Fazelminallah Qazizai, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026