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ripped BOOK vs tore BOOK

Both "ripped book" and "tore book" are correct phrases, but they are used in slightly different contexts. "Ripped book" implies that the book has been torn or damaged, while "tore book" specifically indicates that the tearing action was done to the book.

Last updated: March 31, 2024 • 1229 views

ripped BOOK

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to describe a book that has been torn or damaged.

This phrase is used to indicate that a book has been torn or damaged.

Examples:

He accidentally ripped the book while trying to turn the page.
The dog got hold of the book and ripped it apart.
The torn cover indicated that it was a ripped book.
She was upset to find her favorite book ripped.
The torn pages made it clear that it was a ripped book.

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Tables flipped over, books ripped apart, pictures smashed.
Tables flipped over, books ripped apart, pictures smashed.
They stuffed his mouth with paper ripped from his favourite book.
When it comes to a fire investigation, some of those pages have been ripped out of the book.
She ripped the phone book into two with her bare hands.
You ripped that out of my book.
I ripped this right out of a library book.
You ripped that page out of your little book, right?
But if this were a book, the theme of my essay would be the symbolism of how your character had his man parts ripped off by the Veronica Mars character.
You ripped a page out of my book, didn't you?
April, there are parts of this book that are ripped directly from my childhood, like when the character goes to visit his "obligation down south,"
And if that one scene was ripped directly from my life, is everything else in the book true?

Alternatives:

damaged book
torn book
destroyed book
shredded book
mutilated book

tore BOOK

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to describe the action of tearing a book.

This phrase is used to specifically indicate the action of tearing a book.

Examples:

He angrily tore the book in half.
She tore the book into pieces in frustration.
The child accidentally tore the book while playing.
The torn pages indicated that someone had tore the book.
The torn cover showed that someone had tore the book.

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And I Don't Know What Came Over Me, But I Just-I Just Tore The Book In Half, Threw It In The Trash Can- I Never Finished Reading It.
Worse, you tore the book up in the middle of a battle and l don't even know which war it was!
Remember we took the book, tore the pages out?
I tore these from the book that Miss Gaskin tried to hide.
Where are the pages you tore out of the book?
Because your predecessor felt he was not bound by the rules, and on the basis of explanations of vote he tore the rule book up because he did not feel bound by it.
The committee voted down the report because I think the chairman of the committee had miscalculated who was in the room, at which point he simply tore up the rule book and proceeded on an amended version of it.
What in fact happened when you introduced it was that you actually tore up your own rule book.
That's the same address that was scribbled on the book page that Dante Gunther tore out.

Alternatives:

ripped book
damaged book
destroyed book
shredded book
mutilated book

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