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Definition/Meaning

(verb)

to get rid of something that is unnecessary or undesirable by removing it and/or throwing it away;

e.g. Please discard these papers in the recycling bin.

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Similar Words

Cashier

Cast-off

Chock

Chuck

Deep-six

Ditch

Dump

Eighty

Eighty-six

Exorcise

Hand-me-down

Jettison

Junk

Lose

Pitch

Reject

Rejection

Scrap

Second

Set-aside

Sewage

Shed

Six

Throwaway

Toss

Unload

Winnow

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Related Words

Abandon

Abdicate

Abolish

Annihilate

Blackout

Cancel

Castaway

Cede

Chaff

Cleanup

Cough

Deadwood

Debris

Deliver

Desert

Dismiss

Dreck

Dross

Dust

Efface

Effluvium

Eliminate

Eradicate

Erase

Exfoliate

Expunge

Exterminate

Extinguish

Extirpate

Forsake

Garbage

Hand over

Hand-me-down

Junk

Leave

Liquidate

Litter

Maroon

Molt

Obliterate

Offal

Offscouring

Quit

Raffle

Refuse

Relinquish

Remove

Render

Riffraff

Rubbish

Scrap

Shed

Slip

Slough

Slue

Spilth

Strand

Surrender

Throwaway

Trash

Truck

Waste

Wipe

Yield

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