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
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  • For months after a devastating fire tore through seven Hong Kong apartment towers last year, the complex was sealed off to residents.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Instead, this guardrail tore through the Volvo and cut Hannah’s body in half.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of tore
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  • By that time thousands of ground-penetrating bombs had ripped through the subsoil with the seismic force of small earthquakes.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • In 2018, the Camp fire ripped through Butte County, burning 150,000 acres and killing 85 people.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of ripped
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  • On Saturday, another FDA update said a Taylor Farms shredded lettuce sample outside the scope of the current recall had tested positive for cyclospora.
    — Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • My hope is our offense will be unstoppable, while my defense mostly gets shredded over the middle but masks it with strip-sacks and interceptions.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of shredded
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