tear/rip sb/sth to shreds
Definition
› to strongly criticize a person or something they do, think, or say: The critics tore his performance to shreds.Disapproving and criticizingDamaging reputation › to damage someone or something badly: My trousers were torn to shreds when I fell off my bike.Damaging and spoilingDestroying and demolishing
(Definition of tear/rip sb/sth to shreds from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Hitting and beating
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- Injuring and injuries
- Scratching and rubbing
- Squeezing and grinding
- Tearing and breaking into pieces
- Undamaged, unbroken or in good condition
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Synonyms and related words:
- adulterate verb
- at the expense of sb idiom
- bastardize verb
- be hoist(ed) with/by your own petard idiom
- bite verb (AFFECT BADLY)
- cheapen verb (RESPECT LESS)
- cost sb dear idiom
- degrade verb (SPOIL)
- do for sb/sth phrasal verb
- flaw verb
- foul (sth) up phrasal verb
- gild the lily idiom
- gnaw away at sth phrasal verb
- go west idiom
- interfere with sth phrasal verb
- punishing noun
- punishment noun (BAD TREATMENT)
- put sth out of joint idiom
- queer verb
- rain on sb's parade idiom
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