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(verb) cut (wood) along the grain |
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Related Words: cut |
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(verb) move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast" |
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Synonyms: tear |
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Related Words: go, locomote, move, travel |
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(noun) a stretch of turbulent water in the sea |
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Synonyms: crosscurrent, riptide, tide rip |
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Related Words: turbulence, turbulency |
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(noun) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants" |
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Synonyms: rent, split, tear |
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Related Words: gap, opening |
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(noun) the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" |
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Synonyms: rent, split |
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Related Words: tear |
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(verb) tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom" |
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Synonyms: pull, rend, rive |
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Related Words: bust, rupture, snap, tear |
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(noun) a dissolute man in fashionable society |
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Synonyms: blood, profligate, rake, roue |
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Related Words: debauchee, dissolute person, libertine |
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