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discarding

ADJECTIVE

omitting

Synonyms

STRONG

canceling disregarding excepting excluding ignoring missing neglecting overlooking precluding repudiating slighting withholding

WEAK

not including not naming passing over

Antonyms

WEAK

including inserting mentioning

NOUN

disposal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clearance demolition destruction disposition dumping removal transfer

STRONG

conveyance demolishing dispensation ejection relegation relinquishment riddance sacrifice sale selling trading transference vending

WEAK

auctioning bartering chucking destroying dispatching jettison jettisoning junking scrapping

Antonyms

STRONGEST

building construction

WEAK

beginning hold keeping retention start

NOUN

dumping

Synonyms

STRONGEST

removal

STRONG

disposition jettison junking scrapping

Example Sentences

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Rather than discarding it she hands it to her colleague, apparently ready to be reused on another child.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

But selling the store is tantamount to discarding his story.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Horning, they say, also had a pattern of discarding managers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

But buying up and discarding tons of secondhand clothing doesn’t help.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026

Tfet, I also feel pangs of guilt even for thinking of discarding it like that.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak