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

After spending eight hours Sunday cutting, edging, shredding, digging and ripping at things in the yard and in the garage, my advice to younger readers is to invest in high-quality tools. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Pio Esposito encapsulated Inter’s display — defenders could not deal with the physicality, ripping not one but two of his jerseys. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Video shows the tornado ripping the roof off a Super Lodge motel. — Dakota Smith, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

Although this native plant garden had run afoul of code inspectors, Brodeur urged Sacramento residents to consider ripping out their lawns to provide pockets of habitat to urban wildlife. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026

In April 2026, The Wall Street Journal reported that large companies were not ripping out platforms like Salesforce, SAP and Workday. — Andrew Siemer, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Henry County officials are also investigating a possible tornado that moved through New Castle, Indiana, on Wednesday, toppling trees and ripping the roof off a commercial building. — Michelle Simmons, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

The best cornhole bags are ones that will last game after game without ripping or tearing. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

As Hwang and her partner placed the ticket on the car’s windshield and were returning to their vehicle, the vehicle’s owner approached, yelling expletives and ripping the citation to pieces. — Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026