tear to pieces

To defend his shattering of the rules, he will have to “cancel and tear to pieces that great bond” that makes civilization possible in the first place.

They would tear to pieces the wild creatures they met and devour the bloody shreds of flesh.

Leafing through magazines, which they calmly tear to pieces as the scene proceeds, they deliver their lyrics with cool deliberation.

The sort of thinking data mavens love to tear to pieces.

The mob loved Curran; they would certainly tear to pieces the man who slew him.