shred

Related to shred: SRED

a thing of shreds and patches

Something made up of small scraps of various things that have been crudely or inadequately assembled together. His political agenda is a thing of shreds and patches—a bizarre assembly of fancy, contradictory elements that is really just a vehicle for his inflammatory rhetoric. In trying to create a novel that encompasses all of human existence, he has instead created a confusing thing of shreds and patches that never really does anything interesting or meaningful.
See also: and, of, patch, shred, thing

be ripped to shreds

1. To be severely or thoroughly criticized, upbraided, or condemned. A: "Have you heard anything about this movie we're about to see?" B: "Well, it was ripped to shreds by critics, but I still think it's going to be great." I hear John's going to be ripped to shreds at his performance review with the bosses tomorrow.
2. To be utterly or severely damaged, ruined, or thrown into disarray. Enjoy the tranquility and order of your house now, because once you have kids, it's going to be ripped to shreds. Sarah was ripped to shreds in her first match as an amateur boxer.
See also: ripped, shred

get ripped to shreds

1. To be severely or thoroughly criticized, upbraided, or condemned. A: "Have you heard anything about this movie we're about to see?" B: "Well, it got ripped to shreds by critics, but I still think it's going to be great." I hear John's getting ripped to shreds at his performance review tomorrow.
2. To be utterly or severely damaged, ruined, or thrown into disarray. Enjoy the tranquility and order of your house now, because once you have kids it's going to get ripped to shreds. Sarah got ripped to shreds in her first match as an amateur boxer.
See also: get, ripped, shred

in shreds

1. Literally, torn into many pieces or ripped in several places. Make sure the bank statement is in shreds before you put it in the recycling—you never know who might be looking through it to steal your information. Detectives discovered a blouse in the woods that had been torn to shreds.
2. By extension, in very bad condition or very badly damaged. Relations between the two countries are in shreds after it came to light that one had been spying on the other for nearly two years. I just feel like my brain is in shreds after working on these financial statements all day long.
See also: shred

Never Eat Shredded Wheat

A mnemonic device for the names and clockwise order of the cardinal points, North, East, South, West. (Shredded Wheat is a kind of breakfast cereal.) A: "We're supposed to drive east. So if that way is north, then we need to go this way." B: "No, dude, that's west. Remember, Never Eat Shredded Wheat."
See also: eat, never, shred, wheat

rip (someone or something) apart

1. Literally, to tear someone or something into several pieces. The dog got ahold of my report and ripped it apart! I know there's a stereotype that sharks will rip swimmers apart the moment they have the chance, but this is simply not true.
2. To cause great damage, disorder, or ruin to someone or something. Enjoy the tranquility and order of your house now because soon, your kids will start ripping the place apart. Sarah's very first opponent in amateur boxing ripped her apart, but that's how it goes for most novice fighters.
3. To criticize, upbraid, or condemn someone or something severely or thoroughly. A: "Have you heard anything about this movie we're about to see?" B: "Well, one reviewer ripped it apart, but I still think it's going to be great." I hear John's bosses ripped him apart at his annual performance review.
See also: apart, rip

rip (someone or something) to bits

1. Literally, to tear someone or something into several pieces. The dog got ahold of my report and ripped it to bits! I know there's a stereotype that sharks will rip swimmers to bits the moment they have the chance, but this is simply not true.
2. To cause great damage, disorder, or ruin to someone or something. Enjoy the tranquility and order of your house now because soon, your kids will start ripping the place to bits. Sarah's very first opponent in amateur boxing ripped her to bits, but that's how it goes for most novice fighters.
3. To criticize, upbraid, or condemn someone or something severely or thoroughly. A: "Have you heard anything about this movie we're about to see?" B: "Well, one reviewer ripped it to bits, but I still think it's going to be great." I hear John's bosses ripped him to bits at his annual performance review.
See also: bit, rip

rip (someone or something) to pieces

1. Literally, to tear someone or something into several pieces. The dog got ahold of my report and ripped it to pieces! I know there's a stereotype that sharks will rip swimmers to pieces the moment they have the chance, but this is simply not true.
2. To cause great damage, disorder, or ruin to someone or something. Enjoy the tranquility and order of your house now because soon, your kids will start ripping the place to pieces. Sarah's very first opponent in amateur boxing ripped her to pieces, but that's how it goes for most novice fighters.
3. To criticize, upbraid, or condemn someone or something severely or thoroughly. A: "Have you heard anything about this movie we're about to see?" B: "Well, one reviewer ripped it to pieces, but I still think it's going to be great." I hear John's bosses ripped him to pieces at his annual performance review.
See also: piece, rip

rip (someone or something) to shreds

1. To criticize, upbraid, or condemn someone or something severely or thoroughly. A: "Have you heard anything about this movie we're about to see?" B: "Well, one reviewer ripped it to shreds, but I still think it's going to be great." I hear John's bosses ripped him to shreds at his annual performance review.
2. To cause great damage, disorder, or ruin to someone or something. Enjoy the tranquility and order of your house now because soon, your kids will start ripping the place to shreds. Sarah's very first opponent in amateur boxing ripped her to shreds, but that's how it goes for most novice fighters.
See also: rip, shred

shredded

slang Having a very muscular and well defined physique. His New Year's resolution was to loose 100 pounds and get totally shredded. I've been weight lifting for nearly six months. Why aren't I shredded yet?
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tear (someone or something) to pieces

1. To criticize, upbraid, or condemn someone or something severely or thoroughly. A: "Have you heard anything about this movie we're about to see?" B: "Well, one reviewer tore it to pieces, but I still think it's going to be great." I hear John's bosses tore him to pieces at his annual performance review.
2. To cause great damage, disorder, or ruin to someone or something. Enjoy the tranquility and order of your house now because soon, your kids will start tearing the place to pieces. Sarah's very first opponent in amateur boxing tore her to pieces, but that's how it goes for most novice fighters.
See also: piece, tear

tear (someone or something) to shreds

1. To criticize, upbraid, or condemn someone or something severely or thoroughly. A: "Have you heard anything about this movie we're about to see?" B: "Well, one reviewer tore it to shreds, but I still think it's going to be great." I hear John's bosses tore him to shreds at his annual performance review.
2. To cause great damage, disorder, or ruin to someone or something. Enjoy the tranquility and order of your house now because soon, your kids will start tearing the place to shreds. Sarah's very first opponent in amateur boxing tore her to shreds, but that's how it goes for most novice fighters.
See also: shred, tear

tear through (something)

1. To perforate, lacerate, or rip through something with great speed or force. The child tore through the wrapping paper with manic excitement. I ended up tearing through the canvas as I tried to scrape some of the dried paint away.
2. To move through something or some place with great speed, especially in a headlong, reckless manner. It's no wonder you got hurt with the way you've been tearing through the kitchen like that! The burglar tore through the mall, with security guards in hot pursuit.
3. To cause a great amount of destruction while moving rapidly through something or some place. The hurricane tore through the town, leveling everything in its path. With all the dusty old books we keep in this warehouse, a fire would absolutely tear through the place, so we've got to be especially careful that nothing like that ever happens.
4. To progress through something with great speed or efficiency. You're going to make yourself sick tearing through your dinner like that. I used to tear through books when I was younger. Now, I'm lucky if I can get through one a month.
See also: tear, through

you shred it, wheat

dated slang I agree completely; what you said is especially true. A pun on "you said it" and the breakfast cereal Shredded Wheat. Primarily heard in Canada. A: "Wow, that exam was brutally difficult." B: "You shred it, wheat! It was the hardest test I've ever taken."
See also: shred, wheat
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

tear someone or something to pieces

 and tear someone or something to shreds
to rip or shred someone or something into bits. Careful of that dog. It will tear you to pieces! The dog tore the newspaper to pieces. It tore my shoes to shreds.
See also: piece, tear
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

a thing of shreds and patches

something made up of scraps of fabric patched together. literary
In the third act of Hamlet, the prince describes his uncle Claudius, who has usurped the throne, as ‘a king of shreds and patches’; this description was parodied by W. S. Gilbert in The Mikado as ‘a thing of shreds and patches’.
See also: and, of, patch, shred, thing

tear someone or something to shreds (or pieces)

criticize someone or something aggressively. informal
See also: shred, someone, something, tear
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

rip somebody/something aˈpart/to ˈshreds, ˈbits, etc.

destroy something; criticize somebody/something very strongly: Can you believe it? I spent all that time preparing my report, only to have it ripped to shreds! OPPOSITE: praise somebody/something to the skies
See also: apart, rip, somebody, something

in ˈshreds


1 very badly damaged: After a stressful week, her nerves were in shreds. The country’s economy is in shreds.
2 torn in many places: The document was in shreds on the floor.
See also: shred

tear somebody/something to ˈpieces/ˈshreds

criticize somebody/something; completely destroy something: The press tore the Government’s economic plans to shreds. The Prime Minister tore his opponents’ arguments to pieces. OPPOSITE: praise somebody/something to the skies
See also: piece, shred, somebody, something, tear
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

shredded

mod. alcohol intoxicated. (Collegiate.) We are all too shredded to drive home. What shall we do?
See also: shred
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • a thing of shreds and patches
  • grub for
  • grub for (something)
  • rag doll
  • rend (something) into (something)
  • rend (something) to (something)
  • rend into
  • in shreds
  • politics makes strange bedfellows
  • cut to (someone or something)
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PHS Datashred completes second acquisition in a month
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The purge job: purge jobs represent a healthy portion of a startup document destruction firm's revenue, but established companies also find such jobs lucrative
One difference between Shred Smart and some of its competitors, Pierce said, is that the documents are destroyed on site, eliminating any possibility that the information could be sorted through before being torn to bits.
Shred Smart
First, workers paste the random shreds onto standard sheets of paper, which takes three to seven minutes per page.
Resurrecting shredded documents
The guidelines were developed to incorporate design and engineering criteria for two classes of tire shred fills: Class I, up to one meter in depth; and Class II, greater than one meter, up to three meters in depth.
Industry-government partnership issues design guidelines for tire shred fill projects
Drop off your documents or watch them being shred as you wait.
Free Paper Shredding and Recycling in the Houston Area for Business and Individuals
It's a great way to securely shred personal papers like tax returns, canceled checks and medical documents."
Shredding is a sign of spring; Residents can safely dispose of documents
"[Carpets] do shred, but the gain from shredding a carpet is negligible--it almost works against you," he says.
First stop shredding: primary shredding systems catch on with U.S. C&D recyclers, landfill operators
a single-shaft machine designed to shred and preheat scrap before it is fed to an integrated reclaim extruder.
Advances in Recyling & Scrap Reclaim
Prior to 1992, PRS was using recycling companies to shred its clients' documents.
Shred of evidence
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