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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In the last few days, the intelligence agencies have issued further public notifications that—presumably as part of the same scheme—Russia was behind bogus videos falsely depicting someone in Pennsylvania ripping up ballots and Haitians illegally voting in Georgia. —

The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024 Officials have already caught Russia peddling videos that showed someone ripping up mail-in ballots and Haitian migrants illegally voting in Georgia. —

Sam Sabin, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024 On October 24, the same X account carried fake video purporting to show an individual ripping up mail-in ballots for Trump in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. —

Michael Conte, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024 For instance, a fake video showing a person ripping up Pennsylvania ballots recently went viral on social media. —

Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rip up