n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: shred · ded ; shred · ding
Date: before 12th century
transitive verb
1 archaic : to cut off
2 : to cut or tear into shreds < shredded the documents>
3 : DEMOLISH 2 <sharp lawyers shredding hapless witnesses ― Charles Krauthammer>
intransitive verb : to come apart in or break up into shreds
– shred · der noun