- present participle of trash.
trashing
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We spent many weekends sorting through all the photo albums and loose photos we’d amassed or inherited, tossing the duplicate pictures and trashing my dad’s slides that were impossible to view easily.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Like I said, I still have feelings about a young man trashing his whole life like that. But no.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
According to lawyers and formerly detained immigrants who spoke to Salon, ICE and Border Patrol officers never admit to trashing or keeping these items, but that they have not been found anywhere.
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2026
But taking a stand against his UK party leader still risks trashing a brand under which they both campaign.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
Dr. Barlow Sloan spent a whole chapter of the Dinoguide trashing knuckleskulls.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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