rip up
phrasal verb
ripped up; ripping up; rips up
: to completely destroy (something) by tearing it into pieces
He ripped up the check.
She ripped the letter up into tiny pieces.
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Threatening to attack both the offices of the Council and Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, the crowd at one point ripped up an aluminum billboard sign, threw it on the ground and beat it with hammers.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
On a recent visit by NPR, streets had been ripped up and buildings damaged by an Israeli military raid the week before.
—Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 20 Mar. 2025
The light knurling on the handle delivers a just right grip that doesn’t rip up my palms during high-rep exercises but isn’t slippery when my hands are sweaty.
—Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2025
Within a year, prosecutors said, Espinoza began beating the woman, tracking her phone and ripping up her passports in a terrorizing bid to control her movements.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
On a recent visit by NPR, streets had been ripped up and buildings damaged by an Israeli military raid the week before.
—Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 20 Mar. 2025
The light knurling on the handle delivers a just right grip that doesn’t rip up my palms during high-rep exercises but isn’t slippery when my hands are sweaty.
—Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2025
Within a year, prosecutors said, Espinoza began beating the woman, tracking her phone and ripping up her passports in a terrorizing bid to control her movements.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Rip up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rip%20up. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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