scrapping

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of scrap
2. (alt-of, misspelling)Misspelling of scraping.

noun

1. The act by which something is scrapped.

   “The number of ship scrappings over the past five years has declined appreciably on an annual basis since the mid-1980s which was a period of intense shipbreaking activity.”

   “Northern made much of the scrapping of the first of the Pacers (142005), and to date 35 of its Class 142s have been scrapped, with a further 11 off-lease at Gascoigne Wood.”