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What does matchwood mean?

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Noun
  1. wood, often in the form of splinters, suitable for making matches
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In the interview, Bill told of being on the ferry when the torpedo from the midget submarine turned it to matchwood and took 21 lives.
It thrashed through the shops, turning them into matchwood and bits of toys and upturned fridges.
Crushed wooden houses now resemble matchwood, scattered in every direction over swampy wasteland.
Still, those occasions when it all fell into place can still blow your loudspeakers to matchwood.
He signed for his new home at 11 am on Christmas Eve, which by dawn on Christmas day was matchwood.
Seismic shifts under the sea bed created a massive wall of water which instantly turned coastal communities into so much matchwood.

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