Rip and Slice

Rip

Rip verb - To penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife).
Usage example: you can see where someone ripped the painting with a penknife

Slice and rip are semantically related. in cut topic. In some cases you can use "Slice" instead the word "Rip" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: ripped, ripping, ripper

Slice

Slice verb - To cut into long slender pieces.
Usage example: slice the carrot into tiny strips

Rip and slice are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rip" instead the word "Slice" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: slit, sliced, slicing

How words are described

single single rip single slice
small small rip small slice
actual actual rip actual slice
huge huge rip huge slice
Other adjectives: tiny, quick, new, dramatic, final, biggest.

Common collocations

man rip man slice man
people rip people slice people
body rip body slice body
torso rip torso slice torso
Other words: time, way, face, open, head, door, hole, car, ship, throat, enemy, humans, objects, limbs, enemies, chunks, throats.

Both words in one sentence

  • Roleplay / Survival of the Fittest Tongue Trauma: One of Cillian Crowe's kills in Survival of the Fittest v1 has him rip out a guy's tongue, and then slice open his skull.
  • Comic Book / Secret Six While the rest of the team will either shoot you, slice you up, cave your head in, or rip you apart if you piss them off, Catman will make it slow.
  • Screaming Warrior Get close enough to an Ultra Elite in Halo 2 and he'll toss aside his firearm, bellow in fury, and rip out an energy sword to slice you apart with.
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