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View definitions for tatter

tatter

noun as in rag

verb as in fray

verb as in shred

Strongest matches

Weak match

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Example Sentences

For example, Border Morris, originating in the Welsh border counties of Shropshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, features performers who wear tatter coats and often paint their faces or use other forms of disguise.

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This was traditional Dodgers talent mixed with newfound Dodgers tough, the combustible combination exploding across the baseball world, leaving teams in tatters from the Pacific Ocean to the Hudson River.

Current national plans to limit carbon emissions would barely cut pollution by 2030, the UN analysis shows, leaving efforts to keep warming under 1.5C this century in tatters.

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It landed a series of powerful blows that threw the Islamic regime in Tehran off balance and left its strategy in tatters.

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Now, with their season in tatters, the Trojans and their coach faced a long flight back to pick up the pieces.

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

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