Idiom
rip to shreds
Meaning
To criticize severely; to refute.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The critic ripped the new movie to shreds.”
“During the debate, the professor ripped the student's weak argument to shreds with a few sharp questions.”
“After the senator presented his flawed proposal, the opposition leader stood up and ripped the entire plan to shreds, leaving no doubt about its failure.”
Examples
simple
“The critic ripped the new movie to shreds.”
contextual
“During the debate, the professor ripped the student's weak argument to shreds with a few sharp questions.”
complex
“After the senator presented his flawed proposal, the opposition leader stood up and ripped the entire plan to shreds, leaving no doubt about its failure.”
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