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RIP OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rip out mean? 

RIP OUT (verb)
  The verb RIP OUT has 2 senses:

1. remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract senseplay

2. burst out with a violent or profane utteranceplay

  Familiarity information: RIP OUT used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RIP OUT (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

draw out; extract; pull; pull out; pull up; rip out; take out; tear out

Context example:

extract information from the telegram

Hypernyms (to "rip out" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Verb group:

draw; get out; pull; pull out; take out (bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rip out"):

squeeze out; wring out (extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing)

demodulate (extract information from a modulated carrier wave)

thread (remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP


Sense 2

Meaning:

Burst out with a violent or profane utterance

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

ripped out with an oath

Hypernyms (to "rip out" is one way to...):

burst out (give sudden release to an expression)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP


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