0 (especially of cloth) badly torn:
Children were sometimes regarded as victims themselves, namely of an unjust and uncaring society whose fabric appeared to be in tatters.
Melodically, moreover, he is in tatters; he has entered the aria only on the occasion of its embellished repeat.
The war has also left our theatre education system in tatters and the training of actors has been seriously affected.
Their footwear had been in tatters, with no possibility of any repair.
By the mid-1940s, however, his voice was in tatters and his career at its sad and inebriated end.
Not only was the global economy in tatters, but international relations were incredibly strained.
If the enemy are not roused and ready, three thousand could ride through their camp and cut it to tatters!
They were drenched in grease, in tatters, wore male clothes, frightful faces, shameless.
