RIPS Synonyms

• some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

• an unexpected piece of good luck

• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

• a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

• a pause from doing something (as work)

• the act of breaking something

• a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

• breaking of hard tissue such as bone

• the occurrence of breaking

• an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)

• the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool

• (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving

• an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

• a sudden dash

• any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare

• an escape from jail

• terminate or end

• become separated into pieces or fragments

• render inoperable or ineffective

• ruin completely

• destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• move away or escape suddenly

• scatter or part

• force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up

• prevent completion

• enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act

• make submissive, obedient, or useful

• fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

• surpass in excellence

• make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

• come into being

• stop operating or functioning

• interrupt a continued activity

• make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing

• curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves

• lessen in force or effect

• be broken in

• come to an end

• vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity

• cause to give up a habit

• give up

• come forth or begin from a state of latency

• happen or take place

• cause the failure or ruin of

• invalidate by judicial action

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

• reduce to bankruptcy

• change directions suddenly

• emerge from the surface of a body of water

• break down, literally or metaphorically

• do a break dance

• exchange for smaller units of money

• destroy the completeness of a set of related items

• make the opening shot that scatters the balls

• separate from a clinch, in boxing

• go to pieces

• break a piece from a whole

• become punctured or penetrated

• pierce or penetrate

• be released or become known; of news

• cease an action temporarily

• interrupt the flow of current in

• undergo breaking

• find a flaw in

• find the solution or key to

• change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another

• happen

• become fractured; break or crack on the surface only

• crack; of the male voice in puberty

• fall sharply

• fracture a bone of

• diminish or discontinue abruptly

• weaken or destroy in spirit or body

• breaking of hard tissue such as bone

• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

• the act of cracking something

• violate or abuse

• interrupt, break, or destroy

• break into pieces

• become fractured

• break (a bone)

• fracture a bone of

• the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you

• the force used in pulling

• special advantage or influence

• a device used for pulling something

• a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

• a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

• a sustained effort

• cause to move by pulling

• direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

• move into a certain direction

• apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion

• perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

• bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover

• steer into a certain direction

• strain abnormally

• cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense

• operate when rowing a boat

• rein in to keep from winning a race

• tear or be torn violently

• hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing

• strip of feathers

• remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

• take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for

• take away

• tear or be torn violently

• a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

• a small piece of cloth

• tear into shreds

• extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)

• an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

• a bottle containing half the usual amount

• a promised or claimed share of loot or money

• a lengthwise crack in wood

• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

• a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts

• (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl

• an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

• the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

• division of a group into opposing factions

• having been divided; having the unity destroyed

• (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain

• separate into parts or portions

• separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• go one's own way; move apart

• come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

• become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of

• disentangle

• become undone

• a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service

• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

• the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions

• the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

• let for money

• grant use or occupation of under a term of contract

• engage for service under a term of contract

• hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

• extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)

• an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

• a bottle containing half the usual amount

• a promised or claimed share of loot or money

• a lengthwise crack in wood

• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

• a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts

• (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl

• an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

• the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

• division of a group into opposing factions

• having been divided; having the unity destroyed

• (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain

• separate into parts or portions

• separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• go one's own way; move apart

• come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

• a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands

• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

• an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

• the act of tearing

• fill with tears or shed tears

• separate or cause to separate abruptly

• to separate or be separated by force

• move quickly and violently

• strip of feathers

• the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets

• temperament or disposition

• a dissolute man in fashionable society

• the hereditary derivation of an individual

• people viewed as members of a group

• smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill

• a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current

• actions counter to the main group activity

• a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current

• actions counter to the main group activity

• a dissolute man in fashionable society

• a recklessly extravagant consumer

• recklessly wasteful

• unrestrained by convention or morality

• the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you

• the force used in pulling

• special advantage or influence

• a device used for pulling something

• a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

• a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

• a sustained effort

• cause to move by pulling

• direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

• move into a certain direction

• apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion

• perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

• bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover

• steer into a certain direction

• strain abnormally

• cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense

• operate when rowing a boat

• rein in to keep from winning a race

• tear or be torn violently

• hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing

• strip of feathers

• remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

• take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for

• take away

• a dissolute man in fashionable society

• degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

• a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil

• move through with or as if with a rake

• level or smooth with a rake

• sweep the length of

• examine hastily

• gather with a rake

• scrape gently

• a dissolute man in fashionable society

• tear or be torn violently

• a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current

• a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore