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rip up

vb. 1 To destroy by ripping. 2 (context idiomatic English) To move quickly or violently

WordNet
rip up

v. tear into shreds [syn: shred, tear up]

Usage examples of "rip up".

I was doing okay until those guys down at City Hall decided to rip up my life.

To open up the linen cupboard, rip up a couple of sheets, bind and gag the unconscious guard, lift him into the cupboard and lock the door on him took Reynolds' trained hands only two minutes.

Then there are the racy Italianjobs that can rip up to warp three in a heartbeat, wring out your skinny little ass, and leave you broken and bleeding beside the road.

His arm was throbbing again, claws of pain that seemed to rip up his arm and into his shoulder.

They rip up the ground to plant their eating grass without asking our leave.

You rip up them pictures and shitcan the negatives and I won't tell Johnny Stomp you fingered him on the squeeze.

You rip up them pictures and shitcan the negatives and I won’.

It would rip up the big guy's hands, but he was getting ripped up in worse ways right now.