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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Ruis also ripped up Yates’ shirt and bound him with the pieces, according to the complaint.
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Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 25 Feb. 2025
But none of these realities give utilities a blank check to rip up streets full of existing pipe at top-dollar rates.
—Paul G. Pinsky, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2025
Then, with 14 laps to go, any hopes for a trip to Victory Lane was traded for a frustratingly familiar trip to the Daytona International Speedway infield care center: his car ripped up, his answers eerily similar to questions he’s been asked year after year, standing in the same infield grass.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 17 Feb. 2025
This series looked at how a departure from this precedent could rip up the regulation nation.
—Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Jan. 2025
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Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 25 Feb. 2025
But none of these realities give utilities a blank check to rip up streets full of existing pipe at top-dollar rates.
—Paul G. Pinsky, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2025
Then, with 14 laps to go, any hopes for a trip to Victory Lane was traded for a frustratingly familiar trip to the Daytona International Speedway infield care center: his car ripped up, his answers eerily similar to questions he’s been asked year after year, standing in the same infield grass.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 17 Feb. 2025
This series looked at how a departure from this precedent could rip up the regulation nation.
—Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Rip up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rip%20up. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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