Read full poem →of all noises. It was as if worlds were being rended. There was
the ripping sound of musketry and the breaking crash of the
artillery.
Dictionary Entry
To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
In a Sentence
“to rip a garment; to rip up a floor”
Origin
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Common Phrases
off rippingopen ripping. rippingsound ripping
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Antonyms
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Poetry examples for “ripping”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →with a snapping explosiveness. #
Listen to the iron-horns, ripping, racking.
Listen to the quack-horns, slack and clacking.