ripped
Example Sentences
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The cheating scandal ripped through the sport and sparked international outrage.
That good software companies can be embedded so closely with customers’ business processes that they can’t be easily ripped out.
The Grand Emperor Hotel in Macau said it had ripped up the real gold bricks from its distinctive lobby floor and sold them for around $13 million, cashing in on the metal's market surge.
From Barron's
If my rows were crooked or unevenly spaced, Olka ripped them out.
From Literature
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They ripped the sleeping bags out of their packs, zipped them together, and threw the large cover over the trunk.
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