Tear (apart) (3)

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rip

'tear apart' is the definition.
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(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" .)

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