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0 to pull apart; to tear or be torn violently and quickly:
- His new trousers ripped when he bent down.
- I ripped my shirt on a nail.
- [ + obj + adj ] She excitedly ripped the package open.
- The wind ripped the flag to/into shreds (= into little pieces).
- I wish the old fireplaces hadn't been ripped out.
- We ripped up the carpets and laid a new wooden floor.
1 to copy pictures or sounds from a CD or DVD onto a computer:
- How do I rip a DVD movie to my hard drive?
2 a tear in a piece of cloth or paper:
- Your sleeve has a rip in it.
3 a copy of a CD or DVD that you make on a computer:
- illegal rips of copyrighted music
4 abbreviation for rest in peace
5 to tear something quickly and with force, or to break apart something:
- [ T ] I ripped my sleeve.
- [ T ] The wind ripped the flag to shreds.
- [ M ] The letter made me so angry, I ripped it up.
- [ M ] He lost control of the car and it ripped down a fence.
- [ M ] The previous owner ripped out the fireplace.
6 to move quickly or violently:
- A hurricane ripped through Rhode Island yesterday.
7 to copy pictures or sounds from a CD or DVD onto a computer:
- rip sth onto sth PC users can rip digital music onto a PC.

I've ripped my trousers - can you stitch them up for me?
The sleeve of my jacket (got) caught on the door handle and ripped.
Rip the basil leaves into pieces and sprinkle them over the salad.
The eagle uses its beak to rip the meat from the carcass.
She ripped her dress on a nail that was protruding from the bench.
His own interest had been kindled by a recent exchange in which he, indeed, felt "ripped off" by one of his publishers.
In this case expansion is at a rate consistent with what has been called the big rip.
This rip-off of the old feminist slogan that the personal is political is, however, totally self-defeating.