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RIP

Definition:

1. [noun] a dissolute man in fashionable society
   Synonyms: rake, profligate, blood, roue
   
   
2. [noun] an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
   Synonyms: rent, snag, split, tear
   
   
3. [noun] a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
   Synonyms: tide, tide crosscurrent, countercurrent
   
   
4. [noun] the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
   Synonyms: rent, split
   
   
5. [verb] tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"
   Synonyms: rend, rive, pull
   
   
6. [verb] move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast"
   
   
7. [verb] cut (wood) along the grain
   
   
8. [verb] criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"
   
   

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