Tear apart (4)
'tear apart' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for rive that I've seen before include "split apart" , "Tear apart (poetic)" .)
'tear apart' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for rip that I've seen before include "Letters on a grave stone" , "Tear violently" , "Letters often seen on gravestones" , "Shred" , "Tear roughly; turbulent water" .)
(Another definition for rip up that I've seen is " Tear to shreds".)