tear to pieces

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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Alimjan	-	Uyghur
Mudiwa	-	Southern African, Shona
Ansa	AHN-sah	Finnish
Florry	-	Irish
Valentina	vah-len-TEE-nah (Italian), vah-lyen-TEE-nah (Russian), vah-leen-TEE-nah (Russian)	Italian, Russian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Spanish, Ancient Roman
AindrÉAs	AHN-dray-as	Irish