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pulp

2 verb
     
pulp2 [transitive]
1 to beat or crush something until it becomes very soft and almost liquid:
pulped apples
2 [usually passive] to beat or hit someone's face or body very badly:
His body was pulped by the impact of the train.
3TI to make wood or old books and newspapers into paper:
wood pulping techniques
Unsold novels are sent to be pulped.

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