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tatter

noun as in rag

verb as in fray

verb as in shred

Strongest matches

Weak match

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Now Potter has been engulfed by a similarly chaotic environment at West Ham, the reputation he built so carefully - along with a talented team at Brighton - in tatters.

From BBC

Scottish Conservative deputy leader Rachael Hamilton said Labour was in "complete meltdown" and its integrity was "in tatters".

From BBC

But, after his British transfer record move to Liverpool, his reputation in the North East is now in tatters.

From BBC

Conventionally, a conviction like this would leave careers in tatters and have other life-changing effects.

From BBC

Spike Lee’s “When the Levees Broke” debuted in 2006, when the city was still in tatters.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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