rip out

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rip out

verb rips out · ripping out · ripped out

  1. To remove by ripping Ah, no, no: it cannot be. I would rather rip out out my heart, then fuffer it any longer to retain so mean, and so unworthy an affection.

    Similar: tear out

  2. To unstitch. Then take this, and first rip out a sleeve, and iron it out, and cut out a newspaper pattern of it.
  3. To exclaim; to blurt out. Well, by and by we heerd the old sarpent rip out like a lion.
  4. colloquial, vulgar To fart “Now while you're grappling with Samantha, this pin will alert you when Samantha is going to rip out a big one. Observe.” Carmen pushed a button on the pin. A recording in her voice warned, “Alert! Alert! Fart is approaching! Alert!”
  5. figuratively To remove dramatically, or with lots of violence. Ripping out the poison of antisemitism, restoring trust on the economy, defence, and national security.

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verb to remove by ripping

Españolarrancar, desgajar, arranchar, talar, escarzar, ripear
Portuguêsarrancar
Françaisarracher
Deutschabreißen, wegreißen
Românărupe
Русскийсдира́ть sdirátʹ, содра́ть sodrátʹ, обдира́ть obdirátʹ, ободра́ть obodrátʹ

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@misc{rip_out_2026,
  title = {rip out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rip%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}