Scrapping

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is scrapped.

    "The number of ship scrappings over the past five years has declined appreciably on an annual basis since the mid-1980s which was a period of intense shipbreaking activity."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of scrap form-of, gerund, participle, present
  2. 2
    Misspelling of scraping. alt-of, misspelling

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altercationargumentbickeringcastawaycastoffcombat

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"The number of ship scrappings over the past five years has declined appreciably on an annual basis since the mid-1980s which was a period of intense shipbreaking activity."

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