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as in loaded
being under the influence of a recreational drug
when I got to his house, he was already pretty ripped
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as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol
college kids who need to learn that you don't need to get ripped in order to have a good time
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as in tore
to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it
the dog ripped the sleeve of my shirt by grabbing it with his teeth
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as in sliced
to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)
you can see where someone ripped the painting with a penknife
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as in sped
to proceed or move quickly
the car went ripping down the road
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as in yanked
to separate or remove by forceful pulling
rip a sheet off the pad of paper
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Recent Examples of ripped
Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Brenda Ceja of Whittier brought in a ripped pair of pants for her second visit to Radical Sewing Club.
—Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 27 Dec. 2024
Other footage showed part of its fuselage ripped away from the wings and the rest of the aircraft lying upside in the grass.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
For once, the entity piercing through The View's airspace was not a phantom noise, a doomed gnat, an unknown spectral entity, or Joy Behar's cell phone, but rather the thrusting pelvis of a ripped stripper.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Brenda Ceja of Whittier brought in a ripped pair of pants for her second visit to Radical Sewing Club.
—Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
Verb
Nuggets coach Michael Malone, whose first head coaching job was in Sacramento, ripped the Kings for firing Mike Brown on Friday and revealed that Brown was informed of the decision via phone call after leaving a team practice.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 27 Dec. 2024
Other footage showed part of its fuselage ripped away from the wings and the rest of the aircraft lying upside in the grass.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ripped
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Last week, Maersk warned customers to pick up their loaded containers and return empty ones at East and Gulf Coast ports before January 15.William Gavin, Quartz, 7 Jan. 2025
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In a district of loaded names, Aspen is probably the worst home town for any candidate.Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Like, straight-up crazy, drunk wrestled in the middle of...Julia Moore, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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In Jerry Springer, one guest recalls receiving drink tickets and being encouraged to get drunk.Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 7 Jan. 2025
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Or tore out pages and added them to a list as a visual aid for Santa Claus.Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
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In its first game without Sixth Man of the Year candidate Moe Wagner, who tore the ACL in his left knee on Saturday, Orlando relied on a wide variety of scorers, with five finishing in double figures.Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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Hot honey: Four pizzas and two appetizers on Paulie Gee's menu feature this craze, along with fried chicken at The Eagle and Kitchen Social. 🥒 Pickled foods: Get your fix delivered from the Crazy Cucumber.Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
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From shrimp platters to crab cakes to fried oysters, Page’s sources much of its seafood locally.Carolanne Griffith Roberts, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
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Later Cardini shredded the leaves into bite-sized pieces.John Mariani, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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One vice that Simpson shredded in 2020 was her battle with alcohol.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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In another incident that month, a train conductor was slashed in the neck.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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So much so that movement speeds of loads (up or down) were slashed by 85% compared to common-or-garden backpacks.Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2024
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Multiple officers grabbed Kerley and attempted to take him to the ground.Zach Powell, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
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On their way out the door, Kinch grabbed the pistol and placed it in the console of his truck.Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2025
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Nonetheless, fusion research is rarely a wasted effort, Whyte says.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2024
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There is no wasted movement, and virtually everything seems to have a purpose.Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Ripped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripped. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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