Destroy, as documents
The crossword clue "Destroy, as documents" is answered by SHRED, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SHRED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHRED answer page.
Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SHRED
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHRED, most used first.
- Tatter - used 38 times, most recently in 2024
- Tear to bits - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Bit - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
- Particle - used 20 times, most recently in 2006
- Rip to pieces - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Fragment. - used 17 times, most recently in 1996
- Vestige - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Scrap - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
- Make confetti out of - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Minimal evidence - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Bit of evidence - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Destroy documents - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Measure of dignity - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Reduce to confetti - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Scintilla - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Tear to pieces - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Tear up - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Rip up - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Tear into tatters - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Render unreadable - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Render unreadable, in a way - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Title documents - DEEDS, used 38 times
- Destroy slowly - ERODE, used 32 times
- Homeowners' documents - DEEDS, used 25 times
- Destroy by degrees - ERODE, used 24 times
- Travel documents - VISAS, used 18 times
- Destroy gradually - ERODE, used 17 times
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