"ripes" in the verb sense
1. rend, rip, rive, pull
tear or be torn violently
"The curtain ripped from top to bottom"
"pull the cooked chicken into strips"
2. rip
move precipitously or violently
"The tornado ripped along the coast"
3. rip
cut (wood) along the grain
4. steal, rip off, rip
take without the owner's consent
"Someone stole my wallet on the train"
"This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
5. rip
criticize or abuse strongly and violently
"The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"
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