- present participle of rip.
ripping
Example Sentences
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That’s when you can think about ripping off the bandage and converting funds to Roth with an eye to the tax rate of the next generation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
By comparison Uganda has had nine since 2000, with officials there saying lessons learnt from past tragedies have allowed them to stop the disease ripping through the country on various occasions.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Anthropic and OpenAI have accused the Chinese model-makers of ripping off their technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
In southern France, a fire in the area of Ponteves northeast of the city of Marseille had stabilised on Thursday after ripping through 2,500 hectares and destroying 10 houses, officials said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Furious, I went back to the storage room to finish ripping open a crate of canned Alaska salmon.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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