shredding

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of cutting or tearing into shreds.
2. (countable, uncountable)That which is cut or torn off; a piece.

   “It hath a number of short cuts or shreddings, which may be better called wishes than prayers.”

3. (uncountable)A style of very fast and very complex guitar playing.

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of shred