rip to shreds
Tear apart viciously
To rip something to shreds is to tear it apart completely, reducing it to fragments.
The phrase is almost always figurative: a critic rips a film to shreds, a lawyer rips an argument to shreds, someone's reputation gets ripped to shreds in the press.
The image suggests violent, thorough destruction—not just damage but demolition.
The committee ripped her proposal to shreds.
tear apart
Forcefully separate into pieces
lacerate · rend · claw · maul · slash · fray · fragment · decimate · obliterate · annihilate
lambaste
Scold with ferocity
- eviscerateRemove internal organs
- tear apartForcefully separate into pieces
- flayStrip off covering
pan · savage · demolish · trash · slam · roast · castigate · berate · censure · condemn
rip to shredspiece together
Construct from fragments
mend · repair · reassemble · restore · reconstruct
rip to shredspraise to the skies
Commend extravagantly, effusively
sing the praises of · extol · laud · applaud · commend
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