1) Cut or tear open 2) Detach by tearing 3) Disclose 4) Pull a seam 5) Reveal 6) Slit open, ironically 7) Take apart or detach 8) Tear open 9) Tear open ironically 10) To make known 11) To rip 12) To undo by ripping 
• (v. t.) To rip; to cut open.
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach. · to make known; disclose; reveal.