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   shred

   /ʃrɛd/

   noun

   • 1. a strip of material, such as paper, cloth, or food, that has been torn, cut, or scraped from something larger: "her dress was torn to shreds" Similar tatterscrapstripribbonragsnippetsnipremnantfragmentsliversplinterchipbittiny bitpiecetiny piecewisp
   • ▪ a very small amount: "we have not a shred of evidence to go on" Similar scrapbittiny amountspeckiotaparticleouncewhitjotatommoleculecrumbmorselfragmentgraindrophinttouchtracesuggestionwhispersuspicionscintillaspotmitetittlejot or tittlemodicumstiminformal:smidgensmidge

   verb

   • 1. tear or cut into shreds.
   • ▪ reduce documents to unreadable strips by feeding them into a shredder: "executives have shredded key documents"
   • 2. play a very fast, intricate style of rock lead guitar: "that girl can shred like Eddie Van Halen"

   Word Origin late Old Englishscrēad ‘piece cut off’, scrēadian ‘trim, prune’, of West Germanic origin; related to shroud.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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