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tatter collapse

frayed collapse: worn away or tattered along the edges; "frayed cuffs"

defoliate collapse: deprived of leaves; strip the leaves or branches from; "defoliate the trees with pesticides"

tatty collapse

draw and quarter collapse

holey collapse: allowing passage in and out; "our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous"

dismember collapse: separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist"; divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"

wrack up collapse

disassemble collapse: take apart into its constituent pieces

duds collapse

mangle collapse: clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers; alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"; press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets"

unmake collapse: deprive of certain characteristics

dowdy collapse: deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust; primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"; lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy grey outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room"

raggedy collapse

take apart collapse

ratty collapse: dirty and infested with rats; of or characteristic of rats

denude collapse: lay bare; "denude a forest"

dismantle collapse

tear to pieces collapse

pick to pieces collapse

tear apart collapse

flay collapse: strip the skin off

tattered collapse: worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince"

sunder collapse: break apart or in two, using violence

down at the heel collapse

frazzled collapse

slops collapse: cheap clothing (as formerly issued to sailors in Britain)

torn collapse: disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn between love and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"; "torn by religious dissensions"

maim collapse: injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"

demolish collapse: defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"; destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"

scruffy collapse: shabby and untidy; "a surge of ragged scruffy children"; "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain

lacerate collapse: having edges that are jagged from injury; irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; "lacerate leaves"; cut or tear irregularly; deeply hurt the feelings of; distress; "his lacerating remarks"

shatter collapse: break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered"; break into many pieces; "shatter the plate"

pulverize collapse

mutilate collapse: destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies"; destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"

rend collapse: tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

shred collapse: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount; tear into shreds

seedy collapse: full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig"

peel collapse: the rind of a fruit or vegetable; British politician (1788-1850)

cleave collapse: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"; make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"

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