1
as in to dump
to end a usually intimate relationship with
ditched his wife for a woman 30 years his junior
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2
as in to discard
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
we ditched the old table at the town dump
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Recent Examples of ditch
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2026
But the aircraft’s ditch switch, designed to reduce flooding during a water landing, was widely reported as not being activated, almost certainly because the crew had only seconds to prioritize what mattered most.
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Tim Burns,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 June 2026
What shocked Early in the few years that followed was how quickly the online food world ditched that calming content for a psychosexual hellscape.
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Ct Jones,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2026
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Noun
Her body was found three days later in a ditch south of Fort Worth.
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Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2026
But the aircraft’s ditch switch, designed to reduce flooding during a water landing, was widely reported as not being activated, almost certainly because the crew had only seconds to prioritize what mattered most.
—
Tim Burns,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
Verb
Seminole commissioners are furious that Lynx wants to hike costs for its mass transit service — even after the county ditched most of its bus routes last January due to a lack of riders.
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Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 June 2026
What shocked Early in the few years that followed was how quickly the online food world ditched that calming content for a psychosexual hellscape.
—
Ct Jones,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ditch
Noun
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The most common is to apply liquid termiticide in a trench in the soil around your house.
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This poppy red trench is the kind of summer statement piece that’s worth the investment, especially with this discount.
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Plum Island beaches in Newburyport, Massachusetts are closed after 60,000 gallons of wastewater were accidentally dumped into the Merrimack River on Thursday.
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By the end of the debate, about 150 men dressed in Indigenous costumes, their faces smeared with soot, stormed to a nearby wharf and dumped a literal boatload of tea into the water.
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Inspectors stopped food preparation immediately and tomato soup prepared with the brown water was discarded.
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The council also ordered up a measure doubling the amount of money allocated for the Department of Recreation and Parks, discarding an alternative plan that would have increased it by 50%.
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Protect your home by removing decaying wood, controlling moisture, and cleaning gutters and overgrowth.
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Check gutters periodically to prevent clogs and an unwanted fly infestation.
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Yet robust economic growth has proved elusive, even as government debt has climbed, leaving successive administrations with little firepower to fix a growing list of related challenges, from crumbling infrastructure to a chronic housing shortage.
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Adis does the right thing and asks to leave the boat.
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There is no scrapeable archive of how to grasp a wet cup, unload a box that sags in the middle, fold a towel, or help an older adult out of a chair.
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The port attributed the declines to shippers wanting to unload cargo at a first or second port call to get ahead of any tariff deadlines.
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
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But every time Panama loses possession, Croatia is ready to take up residence in the attacking third.
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The shelf-stable meals are designed to help families whose children lose access to school lunches during the summer months.
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“Ditch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ditch. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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