All discard synonyms
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D d verb discard
- get rid of β to clear, disencumber, or free of something objectionable (usually followed by of): I want to rid the house of mice. In my opinion, you'd be wise to rid yourself of the smoking habit.
- shed β Textiles. (on a loom) a triangular, transverse opening created between raised and lowered warp threads through which the shuttle passes in depositing the loose pick.
- repeal β to revoke or withdraw formally or officially: to repeal a grant.
- dump β to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- renounce β to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- dispose of β to give a tendency or inclination to; incline: His temperament disposed him to argue readily with people.
- scrap β a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
- dispense with β to deal out; distribute: to dispense wisdom.
- remove β to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
- cancel β If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
- reject β to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- abandon β If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
- ditch β a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- jettison β to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- relinquish β to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- oust β to expel or remove from a place or position occupied: The bouncer ousted the drunk; to oust the prime minister in the next election.
- junk β narcotics, especially heroin.
- abjure β If you abjure something such as a belief or way of life, you state publicly that you will give it up or that you reject it.
- abdicate β If a king or queen abdicates, he or she gives up being king or queen.
- repudiate β to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- divorce β a divorced man.
- drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- cashier β A cashier is a person who customers pay money to or get money from in places such as shops or banks.
- chuck β When you chuck something somewhere, you throw it there in a casual or careless way.
- dispatch β to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- protest β an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- can β You use can when you are mentioning a quality or fact about something which people may make use of if they want to.
- dispossess β to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
- desert β A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
- forsake β to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert: She has forsaken her country for an island in the South Pacific.
- banish β If someone or something is banished from a place or area of activity, they are sent away from it and prevented from entering it.
- deep-six β To deep-six something means to get rid of it or destroy it.
- adios β goodbye; farewell
- cast off β If you cast off something, you get rid of it because it is no longer necessary or useful to you, or because it is harmful to you.
- do away with β from this or that place; off: to go away.
- shake off β to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- throw away β to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- throw out β to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- write off β a cancellation from the accounts as a loss.
- part with β a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- put by β to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
noun discard
- castoffs β Plural form of castoff.
- castoff β thrown away; discarded; abandoned
- cull β If items or ideas are culled from a particular source or number of sources, they are taken and gathered together.
- smithereens β If something is smashed or blown to smithereens, it breaks into very small pieces.
- smithereen β to break into small fragments
- purgation β the act of purging.
- liquidation β the process of realizing upon assets and of discharging liabilities in concluding the affairs of a business, estate, etc.