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noun a device that shreds documents (usually in order to prevent the wrong people from reading them)
originEtymology tree English shred Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos 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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