to shreds

idiom

: into many long, thin pieces

The cats tore/ripped the curtain to shreds.

Examples of to shreds in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So, yes: What started as disagreements over budgetary policy ended with Musk and Trump verbally ripping each other to shreds on Thursday. —Cate Martel, The Hill, 6 June 2025

That means its origin must be extragalactic, perhaps created in the violence of a star exploding and producing a gamma-ray burst, or a supermassive black hole ripping a star or gas cloud to shreds with its titanic gravitational tidal forces. —Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 May 2025

There’s plenty of drama to go around — especially once gossipy talk show hosts, cruel vloggers and even campy drag queens join in on the action to tear its titular drama queens to shreds. —Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025

Seeing the Rays’ devastated home – which had its domed roof ripped to shreds in the October storm – conjures up core memories for the lefty. —Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for to shreds

• bedspreads
• bedsteads
• blockheads
• bulkheads
• bullheads
• crossbreds
• embeds
• farmsteads
• foreheads
• hogsheads
• homesteads
• hotbeds