Definition: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
Usage: he gave the envelope a vigorous rip
Similar words: tear
Definition: the act of tearing
Usage: he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear
Synonyms: rip, riptide, tide rip, countercurrent, crosscurrent
Definition: a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
Similar words: turbulence, turbulency
Definition: unstable flow of a liquid or gas
Synonyms: rip, rent, split, snag, tear
Definition: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
Usage: there was a rip in his pants; she had snags in her stockings
Definition: an open or empty space in or between things
Usage: there was a small opening between the trees; the explosion made a gap in the wall
Synonyms: rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue
Definition: a dissolute man in fashionable society
Similar words: libertine, rounder, debauchee
Definition: a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
Synonyms: rip
Definition: criticize or abuse strongly and violently
Usage: The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly
Similar words: snipe, round, assail, assault, attack, lash out
Definition: attack in speech or writing
Usage: The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker
Synonyms: rend, rip, rive, pull
Definition: tear or be torn violently
Usage: The curtain ripped from top to bottom; pull the cooked chicken into strips
Similar words: tear, rupture, snap, bust
Definition: separate or cause to separate abruptly
Usage: The rope snapped; tear the paper
Synonyms: rip
Definition: cut (wood) along the grain
Synonyms: rip
Definition: move precipitously or violently
Usage: The tornado ripped along the coast
Similar words: tear, shoot, shoot down, buck, charge
Definition: move quickly and violently
Usage: The car tore down the street; He came charging into my office