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Noun rip has 4 senses
rake, profligate, rip, blood, roue - a dissolute man in fashionable society--1 is a kind of libertine, debauchee, rounder
 
rip, rent, snag, split, tear - an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"--2 is a kind of opening, gap
 
rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent - a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current--3 is a kind of turbulence, turbulency
 
rent, rip, split - the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"--4 is a kind of tear
 
 
Verb rip has 4 senses
rend, rip, rive, pull - tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"--1 is one way to tear, rupture, snap, bust
 Sample sentence:
 They rip the sheets
 
rip - move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast"--2 is one way to tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck
 Sample sentences:
 Something is ----ing PP
 Somebody ----s PP
 
 rip - cut (wood) along the grain--3 is one way to cut
 Sample sentence:
 Somebody ----s something
 
 rip - criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"--4 is one way to attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
 Sample sentence:
 Somebody ----s PP
 
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