What is the meaning of ripping?

verb

• Tear or be torn violently.
  • usage: "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"
  • synonyms: rend, rip, rive, pull
• Move precipitously or violently.
  • usage: "The tornado ripped along the coast"
  • synonyms: rip
• Cut (wood) along the grain.
  • synonyms: rip
• Criticize or abuse strongly and violently.
  • usage: "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"
  • synonyms: rip

adjective

• Resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree.
  • usage: "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward"
  • synonyms: rending, splitting