0 to destroy or badly damage something or someone by cutting or tearing it, him, or her many times:
Our new kitten has torn the living room curtains to ribbons.
figurative The attacking soldiers were cut to ribbons (= killed) by machine gun fire.
NIEUWE WOORDEN
European
May 10, 2021
WOORD VAN DE DAG
Shimmer
cut/tear sth/sb to ribbons