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shredder.

One who shreds or tears something.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃɹɛdə(ɹ)/
  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. Someone who snowboards; a snowboarder.

    slang
  5. One who shreds, or plays (especially the guitar) very fast.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English shred Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English shredder From shred + -er.

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