IPA(key): /mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ pjɛs/ <span class="searchmatch">mettre</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">pièces</span> (transitive) to take to <span class="searchmatch">pieces</span>, to tear to <span class="searchmatch">pieces</span>, to tear apart...
(more formal) /ta.je.ʁ‿ɑ̃ pjɛs/ ~ /tɑ.je.ʁ‿ɑ̃ pjɛs/ tailler <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">pièces</span> to tear to <span class="searchmatch">pieces</span>; to smash to smithereens, to crush Synonym: <span class="searchmatch">mettre</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">pièces</span>...
IPA(key): /vɔ.le ɑ̃.n‿e.kla/ voler <span class="searchmatch">en</span> éclats (intransitive, figuratively) to be smashed to <span class="searchmatch">pieces</span>, to be smashed to bits, to shatter <span class="searchmatch">mettre</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">pièces</span>...
réduire <span class="searchmatch">en</span> miettes (transitive) to shatter, to smash, to blow to smithereens, to tear to <span class="searchmatch">pieces</span> Synonyms: <span class="searchmatch">mettre</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">pièces</span>, fracasser, briser réduire <span class="searchmatch">en</span> poussière...
lumière <span class="searchmatch">mettre</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> marche <span class="searchmatch">mettre</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> œuvre <span class="searchmatch">mettre</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> péril <span class="searchmatch">mettre</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">pièces</span> <span class="searchmatch">mettre</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> place <span class="searchmatch">mettre</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> pratique <span class="searchmatch">mettre</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> question <span class="searchmatch">mettre</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> rogne <span class="searchmatch">mettre</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> route...
past tore to pieces, past participle torn to <span class="searchmatch">pieces</span>) To tear apart. Synonyms: take to <span class="searchmatch">pieces</span>, pick to <span class="searchmatch">pieces</span>, rip to <span class="searchmatch">pieces</span>, pull to <span class="searchmatch">pieces</span> to rip apart...
this usage example) (heraldry) ordinary de toutes <span class="searchmatch">pièces</span> emporte-pièce faire pièce <span class="searchmatch">mettre</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">pièces</span> pièce de résistance pièce d'estomac pièce jointe pièce...
brochette <span class="searchmatch">en</span> clair <span class="searchmatch">en</span> effet <span class="searchmatch">en</span> famille <span class="searchmatch">en</span> femme <span class="searchmatch">en</span> garçon <span class="searchmatch">en</span> garde <span class="searchmatch">en</span> masse <span class="searchmatch">en</span> pantoufles <span class="searchmatch">en</span> passant <span class="searchmatch">en</span> règle <span class="searchmatch">en</span> retard <span class="searchmatch">en</span> retraite <span class="searchmatch">en</span> revanche <span class="searchmatch">en</span> route <span class="searchmatch">en</span> secondes...
past participle shattered) (transitive) To violently break something into <span class="searchmatch">pieces</span>. The miners used dynamite to shatter rocks. a high-pitched voice that could...
French: démolir (fr), <span class="searchmatch">mettre</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">pièces</span> (fr), ruiner (fr) German: ins Jenseits befördern (of a person), ausradieren (de) (of an object) Polish: zetrzeć...