Main Entry: ²shred

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): shred·ded; shred·ding

Date: before 12th century

transitive verb 1 archaic : to cut off
2 : 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