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rip to shreds

rip to shreds verb: to tear apart, so that only shreds remain.

Verb

rip to shreds (third-person singular simple present rips to shreds, present participle ripping to shreds, simple past and past participle ripped to shreds)

  1. To tear apart, so that only shreds remain.
  2. (idiomatic) To criticize severely; to refute.

Forms of rip to shreds

third-person singular presentrips to shreds
present participleripping to shreds
past participleripped to shreds
pastripped to shreds

Questions about rip to shreds

What does rip to shreds mean?
Rip to shreds means to tear apart, so that only shreds remain.
What part of speech is rip to shreds?
Rip to shreds is a verb.
What is the past tense of rip to shreds?
The past tense of rip to shreds is ripped to shreds.

Words near rip to shreds in the dictionary

  1. rip someone's head off
  2. rip the band-aid off
  3. rip the piss
  4. rip tide
  5. rip tides
  6. rip to shreds
  7. RIP troll
  8. RIP trolling
  9. RIP trolls
  10. rip up
  11. Rip Van Winkle

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