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shred

[shred] / ʃrɛd /




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Machines strip the insulation material off the copper, then use blades to chop and shred it into granules a few millimeters long, sometimes known as ‘copper chops.’

From The Wall Street Journal

It also incorporates a variety of toppings, such as shreds of TJ’s Unexpected Cheddar, dried apple chips with cinnamon, and crunchy pieces of pecan.

From Salon

Across 18 months they played some exhilarating cricket, shredding bowling attacks.

From BBC

Under California privacy laws, it should have been shredded or rendered unreadable.

From Los Angeles Times

Handcrafted from an 18th-century original, this grater nestles neatly in a bowl for shredding cheese or vegetables.

From The Wall Street Journal