Definitions
the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
Word origin
From Middle English rippen, from earlier ryppen (“to pluck”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rupjaną, *ruppōną, intensive of *raupijaną, causative of Proto-Indo-European *roub- ~ *reub-, variant of *Hrewp- (“to break”).
Used in a sentence
“to rip a garment; to rip up a floor”
“For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.”
“A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues
01“Tear in fabric”3 letters
02“Tear lengthwise”3 letters
03“Tear sharply”3 letters
04“Rest in peace”3 letters
05“Tear”3 letters
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