- rending, ripping, splitting - resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward"
Antonyms: euphonious, euphonous (indirect, via cacophonous)
- rend, rip, rive, pull - tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"
--1 is one way to tear, rupture, snap, bust
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun rip4, noun rip2
They rip the sheets
- rip - move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast"
--2 is one way to tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- rip - cut (wood) along the grain
--3 is one way to cut
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- rip - criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"
--4 is one way to attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- rip - cut (wood) along the grain