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Synonyms for ripping

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective · Reason line included

The senseadjectiveTier 2, Treeline

resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree

The tree split with a great ripping sound.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

splitting

Same sentence, swapped: The tree split with a great splitting sound.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for ripping as it is used in the sentence above.

splendid
smashing
stunning

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