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— William Blake

Tyger, tyger, burning bright

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

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verb

To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

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make mincemeat of

Part of Speechverb

To defeat one's opponent easily and completely during a fight, contest, or debate.

In a Sentence

“The invading army made mincemeat out of our troops.”

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