shredding

Or shread·ing

[shred-ing]

noun

1. furring attached to the undersides of rafters.

Other Word Forms

• nonshredding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of shredding¹

First recorded in 1660–70; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

As the shredding of civil society accelerates, Ken Gonzales-Day’s art flips our common understanding of identity.

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“This is shredding it. This is tearing it apart.”

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Humankind might have gone mad, but the show’s focus on the shredding of civil society charts some welcome sanity.

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If meat needs cubing, shredding or portioning, now is the moment.

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They are now desperately seeking to borrow or ventriloquize just enough of the far-right agenda to win elections without going all the way to blood-and-soil racism or entirely shredding the social contract.

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Related Words

• shave 
• sliver 
• tear