rip
Example Sentences
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In February, a tornado, with winds of up to 85 mph, tore roofs off mobile homes in Oxnard and ripped power cables to the ground.
From Los Angeles Times
Mass deportations would rip a $275-million hole in the state’s economy, critically affecting agriculture and healthcare among other industries, according to a report from UC Merced and the Bay Area Council Economic Institute.
From Los Angeles Times
The costs and environmental damage of ripping up the seabed are expected to be high.
Money doesn't compensate for a father who, in his mid-90s, decided to rip his family apart because he believed it was in the interests of his business.
From BBC
On the morning of Dec. 8, the two men said they had just come off a 12-hour overnight shift when they heard explosions rip through the air.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
