as in chewed
to crush or grind with the teeth
mindlessly masticated peanuts while watching the baseball game on TV
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The incident comes less than a month after a North Carolina assistant fire chief's dog chewed on a lithium-ion battery, sparking a house fire.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
16 Nov. 2025 -
These events — and others — have chewed away at the BBC’s popularity.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Masticated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masticated. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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