4 verb If something rips into someone or something or rips through them, it enters that person or thing so quickly and forcefully that it often goes completely through them. (=tear). A volley of bullets ripped into the facing wall... V prep/adv.
The exclamation point (!) is a mark of punctuation used after a word, phrase, or sentence that expresses a strong emotion. Also called an exclamation mark or (in newspaper jargon) a shriek. The exclamation point was first used in English in the 16th century. However, the mark didn't become a standard feature on keyboards until the 1970s.
exclamation mark. Word forms: plural exclamation marks. countable noun. An exclamation mark is the sign ! which is used in writing to show that a word, phrase, or sentence is an exclamation. [British] regional note: in AM, use exclamation point.