ripped
Americanadjective
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drunk; intoxicated.
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under the influence of an illicit drug.
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having well-defined muscles; very muscular.
adjective
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torn
ripped jeans
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informal denoting or having highly developed muscles, esp abdominal muscles
a ripped torso
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But in 1982-83, when another super El Niño occurred, storms destroyed multiple piers and ripped away a 400-foot section of the Santa Monica Pier.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Instead, Blank said, she was "ripped away" from him last week.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
It’s one of the hazards of the job, along with fertilizer-soaked boots, ripped pants from ladder cages, and encounters with pigeons, mice and sleeping bats.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
In a statement of his own, Perkins’ defense attorney, D. Miles Brissette, ripped the “premature and highly publicized accusations” leveled against his client.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
The remaining pieces of the ripped page grew out of the spine like a jagged mountain range.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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