n. 25B6; verb
he ripped the posters down : TEAR, wrench, wrest, pull, snatch, tug, prise, heave, drag, peel, pluck; informal yank.
she ripped Leo's note into pieces : TEAR, claw, hack, slit, cut; poetic/literary rend.
25B6; noun a rip in my sleeve : TEAR, slit, split, rent, laceration, cut, gash, slash.