tear to pieces
Rip apart completely
To tear to pieces is to rip something apart violently, reducing it to fragments: The dog tore the cushion to pieces.
Figuratively, it means to criticize harshly or defeat thoroughly: The reviewers tore her novel to pieces, Our defense tore their offense to pieces.
The phrase emphasizes completeness—not just damage, but destruction.
- lacerateTear tissue roughly
- rip to shredsDestroy by violent tearing
- shredTorn fragment
- ripTear apart forcibly
- rip apartForcibly tear to pieces
mangle · splinter · rend · dismember · demolish · annihilate · obliterate · savage · go for the jugular · wreck · pulverize · lambaste · destroy · eviscerate · butcher · shatter · tatters · smash
physical integrity
tear to piecesput together
Combine into one
assemble · piece together · mend · repair · reconstruct
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