DITCHING Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

ditching

verb

present participle of ditch

as in dumping

to end a usually intimate relationship with ditched his wife for a woman 30 years his junior

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as in discarding

to get rid of as useless or unwanted we ditched the old table at the town dump

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Recent Examples of ditching Kenji Tanigaki’s Hong Kong epic, which opens in American theaters today via Lionsgate Films, stars some of the world’s most talented martial artists fighting quickly as a steady camera follows, ditching any blurriness that might come from lesser hands. —

William Earl, Variety, 12 June 2026 As a surprise, rather than ditching the electrically adjustable climate vent fan direction, which probably costs and weighs more than simple physical sliders, the R2 sticks with the same system as the R1—legitimately an annoyance and one that borders on dangerous. —

ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026 In Facebook groups with upwards of 85,000 members, women share how much their period symptoms have improved after ditching tampons for menstrual discs. —

Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 8 June 2026 But the longer-term costs of ditching the office are worth considering, Emanuel's research suggests. —

Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 8 June 2026 Obama's presidential museum will be the first fully digital museum of its kind, ditching scores of official papers on display. —

ABC News, 4 June 2026 Peace deals or a crackdown Voters across Latin America are increasingly ditching leaders that pitched progressive policies aimed at addressing the root issues of conflict, such as lack of opportunities for young people and corruption. —

Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026 Even though so much of the electricity comes from burning fossil fuels, the tool shows Higuera is still cutting his carbon dioxide emissions 80% by ditching his Jeep for the Equinox EV. —

Jeff Brady, NPR, 1 June 2026 Cannavaro was only appointed last October, with the Uzbek FA ditching the guy who led the team to qualification (and the under-23 side to their first ever Olympic participation in 2024), Timur Kapadze, who himself had taken the job on from Slovenian Srecko Katanec. —

Tim Spiers, New York Times, 1 June 2026

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The film showed a bowl of soup, and then a hand dumping oyster crackers into it (something of the pottage equivalent of marshmallows in hot chocolate).

— Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
Start by dumping of that new, spicy chicken sandwich and bringing back the original one - which was by far better than every other chicken sandwich, IMHO.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026