Main Entry:

²shred

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

shred·ded; shred·ding

Date:

before 12th century

transitive verb1archaic : to cut off2: to cut or tear into shreds <shredded the documents>3: demolish 2 <sharp lawyers shredding hapless witnesses — Charles Krauthammer>intransitive verb: to come apart in or break up into shreds

— shred·der noun