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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

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Breeding, says Paul Arens of Wageningen University & Research, "is the art of throwing away", discarding those plants which don't match your ambitions, but it also the art of multiplying what's left.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

It allows scientists to explain why the Milky Way shows a gamma-ray signal while dwarf galaxies do not, without discarding the possibility that dark matter is responsible.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026

But selling the store is tantamount to discarding his story.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

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

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026

The granola bar I took one bite of before discarding.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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