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ratcheting

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Verb

ratcheting verb

  1. To cause to become incremented or decremented.“It's time to ratchet up the intensity level here.”
  2. To increment or decrement.

Noun

ratcheting noun

  1. The act by which something is ratcheted.
  2. A conjurers' trick of bending an object back and forth to induce metal fatigue, so that it can be broken later by rubbing it.

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