2. To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.

He 'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.

Granville.

3. To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to

the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually with up.

They ripped up all that had been done from the beginning of the

rebellion.

Clarendon.

For brethern to debate and rip up their falling out in the ear of a

common enemy . . . is neither wise nor comely.

Milton.

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