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idiomtear sb/sth to shreds(also rip sb/sth to shreds)1 (also tear sb/sth to pieces) to criticize someone's character and ideas, or something that they have written or said, very unkindly and severely:I thought I'd proved something new about urban communities, but the tutor just tore my essay to shreds.His first novel was torn to pieces on the book pages of the New York Times.2 to destroy something completely:The gap between rich and poor is widening, and the government's vision of a classless society is being torn to shreds.Corporate executives are ripping American business to shreds in their pursuit of wealth and power.
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