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verb

present tense third-person singular of tatter
as in tears
to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it the little boy tattered that blanket beyond repair by repeatedly yanking on it

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noun

plural of tatter
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as in shreds

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as in rags

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tatters
  1. tears
  2. shreds
  3. rags
  4. rips
  5. fragments
  6. clothing
  7. pieces
  8. threads
Verb
  • Instead of wiping firmware, an adversary nudges a setpoint, edits a protection parameter, distorts a sensor feed—or shows the operator a calm screen while the equipment tears itself apart.
    — Julian Durand, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • When a testicle ruptures, the tough outer covering, called the tunica albuginea, actually tears open after an extremely forceful blow.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 22 July 2026
Definition of tears
Noun
  • How to Grate Zucchini Once grated, the one large zucchini for this recipe should come out to about 1 ¾ cups of shreds.
    — Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 30 July 2026
  • To get on Fauci’s good side was to earn his confidence, his respect, and the benefits of his network of resources; to land on his bad side was to be carved into shreds inside his office, the worst of his rampages audible through the closed door.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
Definition of shreds
Noun
  • Wilson, 78, brings a rags-to-riches success story to the race.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The whole busker-to-recording star has a filmic rags-to-riches quality even before Hansard meta-ishly embodied it in the film.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of rags
Verb
  • It’s followed by Watts, coming in on drums slightly offbeat, and then Richards, who rips the song open with his five-string open G tuning technique.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 July 2026
  • During his tour, a solar flare causes an electromagnetic disturbance that rips through the systems of civilization and into the data center.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Definition of rips
Noun
  • Bortigali, the town where the archaeological site is located, is about 40 miles north and inland of Mont’e Prama, where ancient sculptural fragments and a monumental necropolis were first discovered in the 1970s.
    — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The larger openings in the mesh can physically capture bigger plastic fragments.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of fragments
Noun
  • With local vendors selling everything from clothing, thrift and vintage pieces, beauty products, candles, jewelry, fragrances and more, this Indie Market promotes a rotating list of merchants.
    — Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • That’s why Figgins suggests wearing a slim, flat money belt underneath your clothing.
    — Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of clothing
Noun
  • There, guests can browse popular collections like Aquaracer and Formula 1 along with exclusive pieces from the brand’s 60th Anniversary Carrera collection.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Coltrane adopted Naima’s daughter, Syeeda, and wrote beautiful pieces for both.
    — Ian Penman, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of pieces
Noun
  • The mother in the story is in the mess of the middle, trying to make sense of things and laying out events, but not really finding the deeper threads that tie life together and give it some kind of meaning.
    — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The threads are strung the wrong way to hold the boundary together, so the curls grow with nothing to limit them.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of threads
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