Tear to tatters (5)
I believe the answer is:
shred
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">tear to tatters</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for shred that I've seen before include "Tear into scraps" , "Rip up" , "(Reduce to) small piece(s)" , "Scrap; finely tear" , "Small part" .)