n
(archaic) A bruise; a wound.
v
(geology, transitive) To turn (something) into breccia.
adj
(of skin) Split or ruptured.
v
(transitive) To remove paint or light scratches from the surface by friction, wearing it out by polishing or blasting with sand or by employing some similar method.
v
To put it more than bluntly; to express a truth forcefully; to use exaggerated language to make a statement of fact.
n
The process of reducing something to short, thick pieces, usually using a hammer or a crowbar.
v
(transitive) To pulverize; to smash.
v
to clean by removing crumbs from
adj
Having been cut into smaller pieces.
v
(transitive) To cut the limbs from.
v
(transitive) To abrade the surface of a lawn or turf in order to remove dead grass.
n
Scattered fragments, especially of written work.
n
Alternative spelling of elbow grease [(idiomatic) Effort or hard work, especially physical work involving repeated motion of the forearm, such as scrubbing.]
v
(transitive, obsolete) To wipe or cleanse, especially one's nose.
n
The shavings left behind when an eraser is used.
v
To lay out on a flake for drying.
n
The act by which something is flayed.
v
(transitive) To remove fleas from (an animal).
v
(transitive) To remove or destroy the most important parts of.
adj
(literature) Shallowly devoted to the gory details.
v
To strip, lay waste, ravage.
v
(transitive) To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.
v
(transitive) To tear, rip or wound.
n
The act of lacerating or tearing.
n
A tearing or laceration.
v
(transitive) To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).
v
To divide into small pieces
v
To remove dirt or mud from an area.
v
(also figuratively) To clear extraneous material from (an opal).
v
(transitive) To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
v
(obsolete) To rub or scratch out; to erase.
v
(transitive) To cut into rashers.
n
The act of erasing or effacing, or the state of being effaced; obliteration.
adv
(especially in combination) So as to rend or tear apart.
n
A tear or rip in some surface.
v
(transitive) To scratch again.
adj
That rips, or can be removed by ripping.
v
(idiomatic, chiefly US) Alternative form of root about [(of a pig, literally) To forage by poking the snout here and there.]
v
(horticulture) To damage the testa (seed coat) of a seed by cutting, scraping, chemicals, hot water, or fire to allow permeation of water and faster germination.
v
(transitive) To remove something by a scraping action.
v
(transitive) To break (something) into shards.
n
The act of something that shatters; the shattered material
adj
Tending to cut or tear.
n
The act of shedding, separating, or casting off.
n
That which is cut or torn off; a piece.
n
The action of the verb to slice.
adv
So as to slice; with a slicing motion.
n
(dialectal) The act or process of ripping up; rending; wear and tear.
adj
Smashed into small fragments; pulverized.
n
The ritual tearing apart of a hero.
n
The act by which something is spiked.
v
(intransitive) To come apart into long sharp fragments.
n
(construction) A tear resulting from tensile stresses.
v
(transitive, cooking) To divide a citrus fruit into its segments, removing the skin, pith, membranes, and seeds.
n
One who clears land by burning.
v
(transitive) To destroy an article of clothing etc. by shredding.
n
The act of terebrating, or boring through something.
n
The act of something that tramples.
v
(transitive) To remove (meat, etc.) from a spit.
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