ribboned

verb

past tense of ribbon
as in tore
to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it over the years the historic flag had become badly ribboned by the wind

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  1. tore
  2. ripped
  3. shredded
Verb
  • Hintz, who tore his hamstring in two places last season, was moving gingerly when behind helped off the ice, but returned a few minutes later.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • And in August, in the popular tourist spot of Altai, in southern Siberia, a bear tore open a tent and dragged a 29-year-old woman into the forest and killed her.
    — Arina Porkhovnik, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of tore
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  • The results led her doctor to order another test, during which her artery was ripped.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
  • But Cousins ripped the Chiefs for 365 yards, with no completion longer than 28 yards.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of ripped
Verb
  • There, the batteries were shredded and processed into Black Mass, a concentrated material containing valuable minerals recovered from lithium-ion batteries.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
  • One of the pledges shredded the cocaine while Robinson added creatine to the cocaine.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of shredded
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“Ribboned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ribboned. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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