Make a rip in (4)
I believe the answer is:
tear
'make a rip in' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for tear that I've seen before include "Optical sign of sorrow" , "Rip; salty drop" , "Rip, sever roughly" , "A drop of sadness" , "charge" .)