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.
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Trump ripped up the global trade playbook virtually overnight, a gamble to reinvigorate domestic industry that might take years to adapt — assuming this trade policy stays intact.
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Courtenay Brown, Axios, 5 Apr. 2025
This massive Georgia pine comes down, rips up the fairway and so forth.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
The arched French doors still face onto the garden by Russell Page, which has been ripped up and reinstalled over a new underground auditorium.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 25 Mar. 2025
Threatening to attack both the offices of the Council and Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, the crowd at one point ripped up an aluminum billboard sign, threw it on the ground and beat it with hammers.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
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Courtenay Brown, Axios, 5 Apr. 2025
This massive Georgia pine comes down, rips up the fairway and so forth.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
The arched French doors still face onto the garden by Russell Page, which has been ripped up and reinstalled over a new underground auditorium.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 25 Mar. 2025
Threatening to attack both the offices of the Council and Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, the crowd at one point ripped up an aluminum billboard sign, threw it on the ground and beat it with hammers.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Rip up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rip%20up. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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