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- verb transitive To
discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in thetrash , todispose of. - verb transitive, figuratively To
waste , tosquander .
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synonyms (124)
Words with the same meaning
- abandon
- abjure
- blow
- blunder away
- boot out
- bounce
- brush aside
- cashier
- cast
- cast aside
- cast away
- cast off
- cast out
- chuck
- chuck out
- consume
- contemn
- contradict
- declaim
- decline
- deep-six
- defenestrate
- deny
- despise
- detrude
- disapprove
- discard
- discharge
- disclaim
- discount
- disdain
- dismiss
- disown
- dispel
- dispose of
- disregard
- dissipate
- ditch
- do away with
- dump
- eighty-six
- eject
- eliminate
- except
- exclude
- expel
- exterminate
- extrude
- fling off
- fool away
- forswear
- fritter
- gamble away
- get quit of
- get rid of
- get shut of
- give away
- give the hook
- go through
- grimace
- ham
- ham it up
- hang the expense
- heave out
- ignore
- jettison
- jilt
- junk
- kick downstairs
- kick out
- lavish
- liquidate
- mug
- obtrude
- oust
- out-herod Herod
- overact
- overdramatize
- part with
- pass by
- pass up
- purge
- push aside
- put out
- rant
- rebuff
- recant
- refuse
- refuse to consider
- reject
- remove
- renounce
- repel
- repudiate
- repulse
- roar
- run through
- scatter
- scout
- scrap
- seize the day
- shake off
- shed
- shoo
- shove away
- slather
- slough
- sow broadcast
- spout
- spurn
- squander
- throw money around
- throw off
- throw out
- throw over
- throw overboard
- thrust out
- toss out
- toss overboard
- trifle away
- turn away
- turn out
- underact
- waive
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