"shredding" meaning in English

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        "The act of cutting or tearing into shreds."
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          "text": "It hath a number of short cuts or shreddings, which may be better called wishes than prayers.",
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        "A style of very fast and very complex guitar playing."
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        "(music, uncountable) A style of very fast and very complex guitar playing."
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