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

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

In one of the largest settlements in state history involving a police dog, San Jose has agreed to pay $1.6 million to a robbery suspect after the K9 ripped his throat to shreds and repeatedly ignored officers’ commands to stop biting the man. —Devan Patel, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025

Plenty of owners will have walked into a room to find their favorite belongings chewed to shreds, leaving them not mad, just disappointed. —Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for to shreds

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