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

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as in slicing

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

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as in rushing

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

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as in yanking

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

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reattaching

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Recent Examples of ripping One rabid mongoose bite later, and Ben is a skull-crushing, face-ripping menace terrorizing Lucy and her friends. —

Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026 Is all religion rubbish and still ripping us apart…? —

Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026 When Colucci and the man tried to reenter the bar, the DA's office said Colucci and Browne attacked the man, ripping his shirt, kicking him and breaking his glasses. —

Michael Guise, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026 Workers began ripping out the 9-year-old artificial turf at Soldier Field. —

Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026 The Revere detective pulled at King from the driver’s side, ripping King’s jersey shirt in the process, as the trooper pushed at him from the passenger side, the report states. —

Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026 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

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Johnn Baptista, who lives in the area, shared footage with the Miami Herald that showed the storm tearing his awning off the ground and tossing a children’s play set and other items across his yard.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
Then, on a force play, Contreras slid hard into second, banging into shortstop David Hamilton’s left knee with his cleats and tearing his pants.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026