tat·ters

tat·ters
/ˈtætɚz/ noun [plural]
: clothes that are old and badly torn

Her clothes were reduced to tatters.

They were dressed in tatters. [=in rags]

— often used figuratively

After the war, the economy was in tatters. [=was in a state of ruin]

Her hopes lay in tatters.


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