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.
Word Origin & History. slash 1382, to cut with a stroke of a blade or whip, perhaps from M.Fr. esclachier to break, variant of esclater to break, splinter (see slat). In ref. to prices, it is attested from 1906. The noun meaning a cutting stroke with a weapon is recorded from 1576; sense of slit in a garment is from 1615; that of open tract in a forest is first attested 1825, Amer.Eng. As a punctuation mark in writing or printing, it is recorded from 1961.