trash
verb
trashed; trashing; trashes
1
: throw away sense 1
Standards of reality and truth were trashed …—
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Edwin Diamond5
: to subject to criticism or invective
especially
: to disparage strongly
a film trashed by the critics
: to trash something or someone
Examples of trash in a Sentence
a computer program that trashes useless files
The vacuum cleaner couldn't be fixed, so I trashed it.
The apartment had been trashed.
He says that the government's policies are trashing the environment.
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Any party member who seeks to defy his wishes risks losing a seat, being unmercifully gaslit, or trashed on Truth Social.
—Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 22 May 2026
And now their head coach, Tonda Eckert, is seeing his reputation trashed.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 22 May 2026
The process is fraught in other ways — the city has been sued in the past for trashing items like tents, laptops and medications.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2026
Unsurprisingly, Tigers athletic director Verge Ausberry had his new head coach's back while trashing former coach Brian Kelly and his inability to relate to boosters or fans during his time in Baton Rouge.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
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Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 22 May 2026
And now their head coach, Tonda Eckert, is seeing his reputation trashed.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 22 May 2026
The process is fraught in other ways — the city has been sued in the past for trashing items like tents, laptops and medications.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2026
Unsurprisingly, Tigers athletic director Verge Ausberry had his new head coach's back while trashing former coach Brian Kelly and his inability to relate to boosters or fans during his time in Baton Rouge.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
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“Trash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trash. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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