shred

Object

• machine: A site visit had been made where the shredding machine was seen in operation.
• waste: David Bones has done a wonderful job of shredding the woody wastes as fast as they accumulate.
• document: Whilst the Spencer family were busily shredding documents, Burrell went to see the queen.
• paper: By shredding paper you cut the tiny fibers that join together to make a sheet of paper.
• material: You should take simple steps such as shredding printed material.

Converse of object

• lose: In the course of these " improvements " the town has lost every last shred of its unique Highland character.
• remove: Yes, in a move which removed any shred of masculinity I had left, she proposed to me on my birthday.
• produce: Never have they been required to nor been able to produce a shred of statistical evidence to back up that claim.

Adjective modifier

• slight: What is absent is the slightest shred of belief that what is being said or being written or being thought is the Truth.
• tiny: Mark cannot offer one tiny shred of evidence to support his alleged sighting.
• single: Not a single shred of evidence has been produced.
• last: What angel stole the last shred of flesh from human bones?

Modifies a noun

• everything: Lone species, must be kept on its own or it will shred everything in sight.

Modifying Another Word

• finely: It can be added to a stew, pickled, grated into soy dipping sauces, or shredded finely for salads or garnish.

Preposition: of

• decency: Pregnant with his child, when Borias died, the last shred of decency in Xena seemed to die too.
• credibility: I'm just trying to cling to some small shred of credibility by not quoting Star Wars at you.
• dignity: Only a couple in the cast emerge with any shreds of dignity.
• evidence: MULDER: Not a shred of evidence is exactly the evidence I'd hoped you'd find.
• proof: There is not a single shred of proof that we possess a soul.
• truth: There is not a shred of truth to Creation Science at all Creation Science is an abhorrent fraud.