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.

Examples of rip up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Keith Woodward, who graduated from Quinnipiac in 1988 and is now associate vice president of facilities and emergency management, marveled that the school had again found itself in the path of a tornado, one that ripped up at least 400 trees across the school’s three campuses on Tuesday. —

Matthew Ormseth, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2024 The dog can be seen ripping up the bottom of the trampoline before stopping to stare at the camera. —

Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024 Every floorboard in the East Wing has been ripped up to enable the upgrade to take place, and elevators have been added to make the palace more accessible. —

Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 9 July 2024 At the Stonewall National Monument — the site of the 1969 uprising considered to be the turning point of the modern gay rights movement — Pride flags were ripped up and thrown to the ground twice this month, and for the second year in a row. —

Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 29 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for rip up

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