86ING Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

eighty-sixing

verb

variants or 86ing

present participle of eighty-six

as in dumping

to get rid of as useless or unwanted decided to eighty-six his birth name the minute he arrived in Hollywood

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Tasks included scooping and dumping sand or gravel, digging and grading trenches, clearing debris from roads, removing tree branches from water edges, and breaking up rocks.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2026
Another tale describes maintenance workers at the Old Zoo dumping spoiled soda syrup off the cliff, which lured swarms of bees.

— Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of dumping

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Parents groused that loading and unloading kids in the R1S could be a headache, especially with a child’s seat in the second row.

— Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 13 Aug. 2026
The timing shook out nicely, considering Berg would go on to be tapped to succeed Don Garber as MLS’ next commissioner and has subsequently been tasked with unloading his sizable ownership stake in LAFC.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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Typical recycling methods often rely on high energy, harsh chemicals, or high temperatures to recover only the carbon fibers while discarding or destroying the epoxy.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026
Baumgärtner says one goal is creating a more circular economy where manufacturers recover useful components from older products instead of discarding the entire device.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of discarding

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In 2018, Becerra, while serving as state attorney general, popped by Thomas’ golf tournament retirement party, ditching his security detail and fielding work calls from the links.

— Ben Paviour August 17, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026
The driver continued into the University Park area before ditching the car in a neighborhood.

— Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of ditching

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Northeastern Poland was affected by the storm, too, with over 100,000 people losing power.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
After scoring the game’s first run in the top of the 10th, the Angels gave up two with two outs in the bottom of the inning, losing to the Texas Rangers, 2-1, on Friday night, once again wasting a scoreless start from Reid Detmers.

— Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2026

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