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Boring

Boring is the formation of a cylindrical hole in a solid material.

The boring for a tunnel or shaft is done by a highly specialized tunnel boring machine (TBM). Machines for boring holes in engineering materials such as metal and concrete are usually called drills or drilling machines.

For boredom see Suffering.

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