to shreds

idiom

: into many long, thin pieces

The cats tore/ripped the curtain to shreds.

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In this aerial view, the domed roof at Tropicana Field, the home of the Tampa Bay Rays, is seen ripped to shreds from Hurricane Miltonís powerful winds in St. Petersburg. —

Contessa Brewer,jessica Golden, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024 But for a movie defined by grief and loss, whose trailer promises to lift you up, tear you to shreds, then expel you from the theater a little more wizened to the way life giveth and then taketh away, this channeling of Tara Lipinski at death’s door ultimately works. —

Eliza Berman, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024 Another apparent tornado touched down in Fort Myers, snapping tree limbs and tearing a gas station’s canopy to shreds. —

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024 The latest: Powerful wind with gusts topping 100 mph tore to shreds the roof of Tropicana Field, where thousands of people were stationed to support debris removal and post-storm response. —

Kathryn Varn, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for to shreds