ripped
drunk; intoxicated.
under the influence of an illicit drug.
having well-defined muscles; very muscular.
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How to use ripped in a sentence
While the world fixated on Ukraine and Syria, a near-genocide ripped through central Africa, to little international fanfare.
In one picture, his head gets ripped off by a blue dragon; in another, he is the blue dragon.
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings | Melissa Leon | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe bulk of the premiere actually put an unexpected spin on the ripped-from-the-headlines story.
‘Newsroom’ Premiere: Aaron Sorkin Puts CNN on Blast Over the Boston Bombing | Kevin Fallon | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEven the harmonized choral accents are hackneyed, ripped straight from her previous mega-hit “You Belong with Me.”
Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’: Country’s Prodigal Daughter Creates the Best Pop Album of the Year | Marlow Stern | October 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are young rock chicks and rock-boys and arty-looking men and women, in plaid, denim, ripped and stretched cardigans.
The Cult of Blondie: Debbie Harry’s Very Special New York Picture Show | Tim Teeman | October 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He turned his arm so that we could see the ripped stitching where his sergeant's stripes had been cut away.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairEven with his tunic ripped down the front, he gave the impression of making it his life business to be neat.
Fee of the Frontier | Horace Brown FyfeThese they used for stuffing for the pad, and covered them with a pocket which Violet carefully ripped from her apron.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerHe ripped the tape clear and then paused, hand outflung, as if he could not resist this final bit of drama.
We're Friends, Now | Henry HasseThe ship itself was enwrapped by interlaced creepers which it had ripped loose from the upper foliage.
Spacewrecked on Venus | Neil R. Jones
British Dictionary definitions for ripped
/ (rɪpt) /
torn: ripped jeans
informal denoting or having highly developed muscles, esp abdominal muscles: a ripped torso
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