See rip in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To separate or pull apart by force:
rend, rive, run, split, tear1. See assemble, help- (Informal)
To move swiftly:
bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt2, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour2, shoot, speed, sprint, tear1, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. (Informal) hotfoot. (Slang) barrel, highball. (Chiefly British) nip1. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step (or jump) on it. See move
phrasal verb rip intoTo criticize harshly and devastatingly:
blister, drub, excoriate, flay, lash, scarify1, scathe, scorch, score, scourge, slap, slash. (Informal) roast. (Slang) slam. Idioms: burn someone's ears, crawl all over, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to. See praise
phrasal verb rip off- (Slang)
To take (another's property) without permission:
filch, pilfer, purloin, snatch, steal, thieve. (Informal) lift, swipe. (Slang) cop, heist, hook, nip1, pinch, snitch. Idiom: make (or walk) off with. See crimes, give - (Slang)
To exploit (another) by charging too much for something:
fleece, overcharge. (Slang) clip1, gouge, nick, scalp, skin, soak. Idioms: make someone pay through the nose, take someone for a ride , take someone to the cleaners . See honest
noun
A hole made by tearing:
rent2, run, tear1. See help
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