to break something to pieces

  • 91hammer — [[t]hæ̱mə(r)[/t]] hammers, hammering, hammered 1) N COUNT A hammer is a tool that consists of a heavy piece of metal at the end of a handle. It is used, for example, to hit nails into a piece of wood or a wall, or to break things into pieces. He… …

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  • 92grind — I UK [ɡraɪnd] / US verb Word forms grind : present tense I/you/we/they grind he/she/it grinds present participle grinding past tense ground UK [ɡraʊnd] / US past participle ground ** 1) grind or grind up [transitive] to break something into very… …

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  • 93grind — [graɪnd] (past tense and past participle ground [graʊnd] ) verb [T] I 1) to break something into very small pieces or powder, either by using a machine or by crushing it between two hard surfaces The mill was used for grinding corn.[/ex] 2) to… …

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  • 94Exploding whale — Exploding whales have been documented on two notable occasions, as well as several lesser known ones. The most famous explosion occurred in the United States at Florence, Oregon, in 1970, when a dead sperm whale (originally reported as a gray… …

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  • 95rotten — 1 adjective 1 badly decayed: rotten fruit | the smell of rotten eggs | The wood was completely rotten. 2 informal very nasty or unpleasant: What rotten weather! | It s a rotten thing to do. 3 informal a word meaning very bad at doing something,… …

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  • 96stave — 1 noun (C) 1 the set of five lines on which music is written 2 one of the thin curved pieces of wood fitted close together to form the sides of a barrel 1 (1) 2 verb stave in phrasal verb past tense and past participle staved or stove (I, T) to… …

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  • 97AVOT NEZIKIN — (Heb. אֲבוֹת נְזִיקִין; lit. Fathers of Damage ), the classification of torts . Certain passages in the Pentateuch (Ex. 21–22) have been expounded in the Talmud to form the basis on which tortious liability in Jewish law can be classified. The… …

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  • 98The Electric Company — infobox television show name = The Electric Company caption = The Electric Company Logo format = Children s television series Comedy runtime = 28 minutes country = USA network = PBS,Noggin first aired = October 25, 1971 last aired = April 15,… …

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  • 99Chop suey — For other uses, see Chop suey (disambiguation). Chop suey Traditional Chinese 雜碎 …

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  • 100Drilling fluid — This article is about fluids used when drilling a well. For fluids used with drill bits during metal working, see cutting fluid. Driller pouring a foaming agent down the rod string on a drilling rig In geotechnical engineering, drilling fluid is… …

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