Is It Correct to Say Shredded?

A: You can use either “shredded” or “shred” in all good conscience—that is, as long as you're shredding what you ought to be shredding. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed.) gives both forms as standard English, so if you prefer to use “shredded,” you have an authority you can cite.

Is there such a word as shredded?

adjective. 1Torn or cut into shreds.

What does mean by shredded?

1 : to cut or tear into shreds shredded the documents. 2 : demolish sense 2 sharp lawyers shredding hapless witnesses— Charles Krauthammer. 3 archaic : to cut off. intransitive verb. : to come apart in or break up into shreds.

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