scrapping

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scrapping

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of scrap

verb

  1. misspelling Misspelling of scraping

noun scrappings

  1. The act by which something is scrapped. The number of ship scrappings over the past five years has declined appreciably on an annual basis since the mid-1980s which was a period of intense shipbreaking activity.

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Closest in meaning: waste, downgrading, cancelled, suppressing, suppression, disintegration, breaking, destruction, dismantlement, disbandment, dismantling, breakup, decommissioning, break-up, demolition, culling

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@misc{scrapping_2026,
  title = {scrapping},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scrapping},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}