Antonyms for rip up

Grammar : Verb

Definition of rip up

As in abuse : verb attack with words
As in smear : verb tarnish a reputation
As in vilify : verb criticize very harshly
As in denigrate : verb belittle, malign

Example sentences :

That was a pity, was n't it, to rip up a fine frieze coat like that?
Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever

It will become my duty, at no distant day, to rip up the whole thing.
Extract from : « Make or Break » by Oliver Optic

You rip up the motor and Sorenson and Mr. Gregory can strip the deck.
Extract from : « El Diablo » by Brayton Norton

You rip up that track you're laying and leave Nan's home alone.
Extract from : « Kindred of the Dust » by Peter B. Kyne

I haven't sent for you to-day, though, to rip up past troubles.
Extract from : « The Honorable Miss » by L. T. Meade

He looked at Mr. Cone doubtfully: "I'm liable to rip up the sod in your front yard a little."
Extract from : « The Dude Wrangler » by Caroline Lockhart

In a short time the wind tore along the clearing of the Bluff and tried to rip up anything that was not rooted in the soil.
Extract from : « The Woodcraft Girls at Camp » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

Why, she used to rip up her old crocheted tidies an' things an' use 'em over in bastin' thread, so they tell me.
Extract from : « Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches » by Ruth McEnery Stuart

It seemed a shame to rip up another part of the flooring to make a rudder.
Extract from : « The Last Cruise of the Spitfire » by Edward Stratemeyer

It was the work of a second to rip up two of them, and slide them out on the ice in the direction Finch had gone.
Extract from : « Deering of Deal » by Latta Griswold

Synonyms for rip up

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