rend, rip, rive, pull -- (tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips")
rip -- (move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast")
rip -- (cut (wood) along the grain)
rip -- (criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly")
Overview of adj ripping
The adj ripping has 1 sense
rending, ripping, splitting -- (resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward")