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shred

2 verb
     
shred2 past tense and past participle shredded, present participle shredding [transitive]
1 to cut or tear something into small thin pieces:
Coleslaw is made with shredded cabbage.
2 to put a document into a shredder:
Carlson was collecting messages, reading them, then shredding them.
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