The process of removing or discarding something, or fighting and quarreling.
From 'scrap' meaning 'small piece' (from Old Norse 'skrapa,' to scrape). The 'discard' meaning emerged because you scrape together leftover pieces; the 'fight' meaning came later as slang.
Old metal cars literally get scrapped—melted down and turned back into raw steel—so one car might become another car, a bridge, or a skyscraper, completing a full recycling circle.
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