shredder

shredder
/shred"euhr/, n.
1. a person or thing that shreds.
2. a machine for destroying secret or private documents by shredding them.
3. any of various devices used to shred crops, vegetables, wood, metal, etc.
[1565-75; SHRED + -ER1]

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