scrapping

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noun

The act by which something is scrapped.

Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of scrap
verb
  1. misspellingMisspelling of scraping.
nounscrapping (plural scrappings)

plural scrappings

  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.

    1993, N. Wijnolst, C. Peeters, P. Liebman, European shortsea shipping, page 11
    1 more example

    Northern made much of the scrapping of the first of the Pacers (142005), and to date 35 of its Class 142s have been scrapped, with a further 11 off-lease at Gascoigne Wood.

    2020 May 20, John Crosse, “Soon to be gone... but never forgotten”, in Rail, page 63
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