dump

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. drop, let fall; discharge, unload; abandon, jettison, scrap, junk, discard, ditch (sl.); flood the market. See rejection. —n. trash heap, junkpile, midden; store, depot, depository; den; slang, dive, joint, greasy spoon, flophouse, flea trap. See abode, uncleanness.

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(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. garbage dump, city dump, dumping ground, refuse heap, rubbish pile, rubbish heap, ash heap, junk pile, junkyard, sanitary landfill, sump, cesspit, landfill, cesspool, scrapheap, dumpsite, midden, discard pile, toxic waste dump, hovel, hole.

v.

Syn. empty, unload, deposit, unpack, discharge, throw down in a mass, fling down, drop, evacuate, drain, eject, exude, expel, throw out, discard, throw overboard; see also discard , empty 2 .

Ant. load*, fill, pack.

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

1. refuse yard junkyard, landfill, dumpsite, hazardous waste site, scrap heap, rubbish heap.

2. rundown, messy place hole, *pigpen, *pigsty, slum, *rathole, *toilet, *sewer hole.

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v.

throw out, drop, get rid of, cast off, empty, *deep six, chuck, scrap, unload, junk, ditch, discard.

ANT.: load, fill

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To remove the cargo or load from: disburden, discharge, unlade, unload. See PUT IN. 2. To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective, for example: discard, dispose of, junk, scrap1, throw away, throw out. Informal: chuck, jettison, shuck (off). Slang: ditch. See KEEP. 3. To get rid of completely by selling, especially in quantity or at a discount: close out, sell off, sell out, unload. See TRANSACTIONS.