Synonyms of ripping

ripping

verb

present participle of rip

1

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

• tearing
• shredding
• rending
• splitting
• cutting
• breaking
• riving
• tattering
• slashing
• cleaving
• ribboning
• rupturing
• lacerating
• gashing
• dissecting
• incising
• mangling
• dismembering
• butchering
• hacking

2

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

• slicing
• slitting
• slashing
• cutting
• splitting
• bruising
• stabbing
• piercing
• shearing
• tearing
• incising
• gashing
• chopping
• sawing
• severing
• cleaving
• crosscutting
• carving
• rending
• dissecting
• chipping
• scissoring
• mangling
• lacerating
• riving
• butchering
• hacking
• haggling
• chiseling
• hacksawing
• notching
• sectioning
• mincing
• dicing
• amputating
• cutting off
• anatomizing

3

as in rushing

to proceed or move quickly

the car went ripping down the road

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rushing
• flying
• speeding
• hurrying
• scurrying
• traveling
• racing
• zipping
• driving
• trotting
• chasing
• jumping
• tearing
• running
• buzzing
• blowing
• blasting
• scooting
• stepping
• darting
• scuttling
• dashing
• ramming
• zooming
• whirling
• blazing
• bolting
• hurling
• hustling
• shooting
• bowling
• hurtling
• barreling
• jogging
• bundling
• rustling
• humping
• hastening
• nipping
• careening
• rocketing
• pelting
• haring
• cracking (on)
• belting
• careering
• whisking
• breezing
• motoring
• coursing
• bustling
• jetting
• galloping
• beating it
• bombing
• highballing
• hying
• cannonballing
• stepping on it
• getting a move on
• flitting
• making tracks
• scampering
• shaking a leg
• hotfooting (it)
• streaking
• accelerating
• scuffling
• whizzing
• sprinting
• scudding
• stampeding
• overtaking
• outrunning
• quickening
• beetling
• outstripping
• stepping out
• outpacing
• catching up
• arrowing
• fast-forwarding
• beelining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawling
• creeping
• poking
• dragging
• lingering
• hanging (around or out)
• poking
• lagging
• shuffling
• dawdling
• strolling
• loitering
• sauntering
• ambling
• dallying
• plodding
• lumbering
• slowing (down or up)
• decelerating
• tarrying
• dillydallying

4

as in yanking

to separate or remove by forceful pulling

rip a sheet off the pad of paper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tearing
• yanking
• grabbing
• pulling
• snatching
• wrenching
• extracting
• wresting
• prying
• cutting (off)
• seizing
• snapping (up)
• severing
• forcing
• lopping (off)
• amputating
• uprooting
• nabbing
• jerking
• nipping
• dissevering
• rooting (out)
• prizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reattaching

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ripping

On the ensuing 4-on-4, Bennett took advantage of the extra space, carrying the puck from the neutral zone to the faceoff dot before ripping a wrist shot just under the crossbar to give Florida a 3-1 lead. — Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026

There should be some standards set that these ads should be representative of the person running for office rather than ripping the opponent to shreds. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2026

For an existing colo, ripping out that infrastructure is unthinkable. — Steve Altizer, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026

But this audience was too savvy to be faked out, and their silence was upheld during that most delicate of passages — which, combined with the lack of the visual intrusion of an 18,000-strong filming crew, made for some heart-ripping magic. — Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Nov. 2026

When the assistant becomes the place your people work all day, ripping it out stops being a swap and becomes a company-wide event. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026

Unfortunately, Ori was not around later to give Devin pointers on ripping open a coconut. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026

The looming end of that is ripping through sports, media and the league itself. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026

Other aircraft may go on to fly for other airlines, with potential carriers ripping out Spirit's tight 28-inch seat pitch for something roomier. — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026