Here, the expression is a shorter version of matriculation college. In a number of Canadian cities, many government-run secondary schools are called collegiates or collegiate institutes (C.I.), a complicated form of the word college which avoids the usual post-secondary connotation.
English Collins Dictionary-English synonyms & Thesaurus &nbsp. rip (rips plural & 3rd person present) (ripping present participle) (ripped past tense & past participle) 1 verb When something rips or when you rip it, you tear it forcefully with your hands or with a tool such as a knife. (=tear). I felt the banner rip as we were pushed in opposite directions... V.
The definition of torn is ripped or shredded. An example of torn used as an adjective is the phrase torn jeans, which means jeans with holes in them. Torn is defined as to have ripped or shredded something in the past. An example of torn is to have gotten a hole in one's pants yesterday.