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
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
27 June 2026
Barrett's body was found in a ditch along Interstate 95 in Jacksonville, Florida, on March 24, 1980.
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Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2026
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
In a shocker, Sony is ending disc sales for PlayStation games, ditching physical ownership in favor of a digital download approach.
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Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
1 July 2026
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Noun
As a result, the car veered off the road into a ditch, striking a delineator post and continuing into a tree line.
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Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
27 June 2026
Barrett's body was found in a ditch along Interstate 95 in Jacksonville, Florida, on March 24, 1980.
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Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2026
Verb
As the mega pop star and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end's wedding at New York City's most iconic venue, Madison Square Garden, nears, sources tell PEOPLE that guests must dress to impress — but ditch their cellphones.
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Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
In a shocker, Sony is ending disc sales for PlayStation games, ditching physical ownership in favor of a digital download approach.
—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
1 July 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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Once everything is clean, discard the next few batches of ice before resuming use.
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Nationally, the survey found that 43% of respondents always or usually discard food near or past the date on the label, up from 37% in 2016.
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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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The video assistant referee called for a review of the play while the two were down getting tended to by trainers, leaving the Americans to nurse their lead down a man for the rest of the game.
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Two of the attackers then smashed the windshield of the news van with a parking cone and damaged the camera before leaving the scene.
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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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The Padres, meanwhile, have lost six straight and given up 66 runs over the last six days, the most in such a span in franchise history.
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But water also carries the potential for danger, and parents who have lost a child to drowning are begging families to use caution.
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“Ditch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ditch. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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