"rip to shreds" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-rip to shreds.ogg [Australia] Forms: rips to shreds [present, singular, third-person], ripping to shreds [participle, present], ripped to shreds [participle, past], ripped to shreds [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=rip to shreds}} 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.
    Sense id: en-rip_to_shreds-en-verb-kufo~y6u
  2. (idiomatic) To criticize severely; to refute. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-rip_to_shreds-en-verb-kYvEXMey Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61

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