ripper
- noun
- /ˈrɪpər/
- NSFW
- I assume you mean Jack the Ripper style mutilation.
- Jack the Ripper
- Ripper murders
- Ripper letters
Savile was brought in as a suspect in the Yorkshire Ripper killings, the sex workers.
- Savile was brought in as a suspect in the Yorkshire Ripper killings, the sex workers.
- Brown hair, like he dressed like Jack the Ripper for that murder.
- First one being the Stalking Jack the Ripper series.
- The next problem, Jack the Jack the Ripper is that.
Examples
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Brown hair, like he dressed like Jack the Ripper for that murder.
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Who else drinks to Jack the Ripper?
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- Sure as hell gives Jack the Ripper a run for his money.
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Does Jack the Ripper live here?
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Jack the Ripper, for instance.
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I hear that Jack the Ripper is available.
Fiction book (2001) -
The story actually knocked Jack the Ripper off the front page.
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For a story that revolves around Jack the Ripper, I expected there to be many more Ripper moments.
Blog text (8) -
A piece of paper is tacked to the crate displaying the day's headline: WHEN WILL THE RIPPER BE CAPTURED?
Fiction book (1994) -
The killer had brutally attacked his victims, resembling a infamous ripper from history.
Synonyms
A person or animal that makes another living thing die on purpose
A person who illegally kills another person on purpose
A person who kills others, often dangerous animals or enemies
A person who kills people in a cruel way
A person who kills another by cutting their throat
A person who seriously hurts and disfigures people or animals
A person or tool that cuts a body into pieces
Antonyms
Compounds
A person who killed several women in London in the late 1800s and was never identified
- Offensive
Romantic stories set in the past with strong sex scenes that sometimes show forced sex
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ripper comes from the verb rip meaning 'to tear' and the ending -er meaning 'one who does'. The famous name 'Jack the Ripper' made the word mean a killer who slashes or badly injures victims, so a ripper is a murderer who cuts people.