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the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
he gave the envelope a vigorous rip
(noun) riptide, tide rip, countercurrent, crosscurrent
a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
(noun) rent, split, snag, tear
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
there was a rip in his pants; she had snags in her stockings
(noun) rake, rakehell, profligate, blood, roue
a dissolute man in fashionable society
tear or be torn violently
The curtain ripped from top to bottom; pull the cooked chicken into strips