rip out

1. 1.

   remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

   “pull weeds”

   “extract a bad tooth”

   “take out a splinter”

   “extract information from the telegram”

   Synonymsextractpull outpullpull uptake outdraw outtear out

   Broaderremove

   Narrowerwring outdemodulatethread
2. 2.

   burst out with a violent or profane utterance

   “ripped out a vicious oath”

   “ripped out with an oath”

   Broaderburst out

Questions about rip out

What does rip out mean?

rip out means "remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for rip out?

Close synonyms include extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rip out a common word?

rip out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.