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[W/K] :: To rip out


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rip \Rip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ripped; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Ripping.] [Cf. AS. r[=y]pan, also Sw. repa to ripple flax,
     D. repelen, G. reffen, riffeln, and E. raff, raffle. Cf.
     Raff, Ripple of flax.]
     1. To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing;
        to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by
        violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to
        rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; --
        commonly used with up, open, off.
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     2. To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.
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              He 'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.
                                                    --Granville.
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     3. To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to
        search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually
        with up.
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              They ripped up all that had been done from the
              beginning of the rebellion.           --Clarendon.
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              For brethern to debate and rip up their falling out
              in the ear of a common enemy . . . is neither wise
              nor comely.                           --Milton.
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     4. To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.
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     Ripping chisel (Carp.), a crooked chisel for cleaning out
        mortises. --Knight.
  
     Ripping iron. (Shipbuilding) Same as Ravehook.
  
     Ripping saw. (Carp.) See Ripsaw.
  
     To rip out, to rap out, to utter hastily and violently; as,
        to rip out an oath. [Colloq.] See To rap out, under
        Rap, v. t.
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