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mammock

/ˈmæmək/
verb
  1. To break or tear into pieces; to shred.
    • She used her hands to mammock the bread into small pieces for the birds.
    • The strong wind began to mammock the old flag into tatters.
    • The machine can mammock cardboard into fine strips for recycling.
Synonyms
shredtear
noun
  1. A fragment or torn piece; a shred.
    • There was nothing left of the letter but a few mammocks of paper.
    • He picked up a mammock of cloth from the floor.
    • The explosion left mammocks of metal scattered everywhere.
Synonyms
fragmentpiece
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