The evolution of sexual reproduction is a major puzzle because asexual reproduction should be able to outcompete it as every young organism created can bear its own young. This implies that an asexual population has an intrinsic capacity to grow more rapidly with each generation.
Definition of cutting. 1  1 : given to or designed for cutting; especially : sharp, edged. 2  2 : marked by sharp piercing cold cutting winds. 3  3 : inclined or likely to wound the feelings of others especially because of a ruthless incisiveness a cutting remark.  4 : intense, piercing a cutting pain.
ripping. 1  transitive verb. 2  1a : to tear or split apart or openb : to saw or split (wood) with the grain. 3  2 : to slash or slit with or as if with a sharp blade. 4  3 : to hit sharply ripped a double to left field. 5  4 : to utter violently : spit out ripped out an oath. 6  5 : criticize, disparage. 7  intransitive verb. 8  1 : to become ripped : rend.