Critics 'picked/pulled/tore/ripped the movie to shreds'. [=criticized the movie very severely]
He 'shredded' the documents. [=he put the documents into a shredder to cut them into pieces]
An air attack tore the village 'to shreds'. [=completely destroyed the village]
(..) - So there. - Oh, yeah? Well, then, I can talk to the Channel Three News. Yeah, I can tell them how you people, without a shred... Without a modicum of evidence, illegally detained... ...an innocent pregnant woman in a dank storeroom. - This is my office. (..)2008 TvShow: Breaking Bad Title: A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal Season: 1 Episode 7