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
Takehiko	tah-ke-hee-ko	Japanese
Karina	kah-REE-nah (Swedish, Polish, German, Russian), kə-REE-nə (English)	Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, German, Russian, English
Melba	MEL-bə	English
SalomÃO	-	Portuguese
Theodore	['θiədɔ:]
Dermid	-	Scottish