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
WitoŁD	-	Polish (Archaic)
Lope	LO-pe	Spanish
Bergman	['bə:gmən]
Feliciana	fe-lee-THYAH-nah (Spanish), fe-lee-SYAH-nah (Latin American Spanish), fay-lee-CHYAH-nah (Italian)	Spanish, Italian, Late Roman
Kian (1)	-	Persian
Tharp	[θa:p]