dīripiō uī, eptus, ere dis- + rapio, to tear asunder, tear in pieces: Cum diripereris equis, O.: membra manibus nefandis, O.: dapes, V.

—To lay waste, ravage, spoil, plunder, pillage: bona eorum, Cs.: oppidum, Cs.: captas urbīs, L.: diripiendas civitates dare, Cs.: direpta domus, V.: praedas imperatores cum paucis diripiebant, seized and divided, S.: aras, strip, V.: mella, steal, V.

—To tear away, snatch away: Vaginā ensem, V.: direpta leoni Pellis erat, O.