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shredder

shred·der

UK/ʃɹɛdə(ɹ)/ US/ˈʃrɛdɜr/ fairly common slang

noun

1.

a device that shreds documents (usually in order to prevent the wrong people from reading them)

Origin

From shred + -er.

Phrases

  • file shredder
  • paper shredder

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