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Synonyms & Antonyms of discarding
(Entry 1 of 2)
the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless
- the daily discarding of all unwanted e-mail
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discarding
verbpresent participle of discard
Synonyms & Antonyms of discarding (Entry 2 of 2)
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
- discard an old, torn sweater
Synonyms for discarding
- cashiering,
- casting (off),
- chucking,
- deep-sixing,
- ditching,
- dumping,
- eighty-sixing
- (or 86ing),
- exorcising
- (also exorcizing),
- flinging (off or away),
- jettisoning,
- junking,
- laying by,
- losing,
- pitching,
- rejecting,
- scrapping,
- shedding,
- shucking (off),
- sloughing (off)
- also sluffing (off),
- throwing away,
- throwing out,
- tossing,
- unloading
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