ripper
/ˈrɪpər/
noun
- A tool or machine used for tearing or cutting something.
- He used a ripper to break up the old concrete driveway.
- The tailor's ripper quickly removed the stitches.
- A seam ripper is handy for undoing sewing mistakes.
- A person who rips or tears something, especially in a violent or destructive way.
- In the old legend, a ripper terrorized the city at night.
- The document ripper destroyed all the files before anyone could read them.
- The notorious ripper was finally caught by police.
- Software used to copy digital media (e.g., music or video) from a disc or stream.
- This music ripper converts CDs to high-quality audio files.
- I downloaded a free DVD ripper to back up my movies.
- The video ripper can save streams directly to your computer.