scrap

²scrap

verb

Definition of SCRAP

1

to get rid of as useless or unwanted <we've decided to scrap the second car>

Synonyms cashier, cast (off), chuck, deep-six, ditch, dump, eighty-six (or 86), exorcise (also exorcize), fling (off or away), jettison, junk, lay by, lose, pitch, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough (off) also sluff (off), throw away, throw out, toss, unload

Related Words abandon, abdicate, desert, forsake; dismiss, kick out; abolish, annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, remove, root (out), stamp (out), wipe out

Near Antonyms adopt, embrace, take on; employ, use, utilize; hold, hold back, keep, retain

2

to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) <we scrapped our plans to go to Paris, and set out the next day for Prague>

Synonyms abandon, abort, call, call off, cry off, drop, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke, scrap, scrub

Related Words abrogate, annul, invalidate, nullify, void, write off; recant, retract, take back, withdraw; countermand, reverse, roll back; break off, discontinue, end, halt, stop, terminate; hold back, interrupt, suspend; give up, relinquish, surrender

Near Antonyms engage, pledge, promise; begin, commence, initiate, start; take on, take up, undertake

Antonyms continue, keep