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shredder

  • /ʃɹɛdə(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -ɛdə(ɹ)

noun shredders

  1. One who shreds or tears something.
  2. A machine that tears up objects into smaller pieces, especially a paper shredder, garbage shredder or gardening or farming shredder.
  3. A program that overwrites deleted data to prevent recovery.
  4. slang Someone who snowboards; a snowboarder.
  5. One who shreds, or plays (especially the guitar) very fast.

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noun machine

Españoltrituradora, desfibradora, ralladora
한국어세단기 sedan'gi
日本語シュレッダー shureddā
中文碎紙機 /碎纸机 suìzhǐjī
Portuguêstriturador, fragmentadora
Françaisbroyeur, déchiqueteuse, choucrouteuse
DeutschSchredder, Reißwolf, Aktenvernichter
Italianotritadocumenti, trituratore
Русскийшре́дер šrɛ́dɛr

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@misc{shredder_2026,
  title = {shredder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shredder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}