as in chewed
to crush or grind with the teeth
mindlessly masticated peanuts while watching the baseball game on TV
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chewed
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And Lina Street Food at 2208 Central Drive in Bedford scored low due to rodent droppings and chewed through bags of flour.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025 -
A couple in Mullica Hill, New Jersey, faced an unexpected international travel nightmare when their dog chewed through the wife's passport just 12 hours before their flight to Jamaica.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Masticated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masticated. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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