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as in to leave
to end a usually intimate relationship with
all of her friends were surprised at how she just dumped him
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2
as in to unload
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
dump the trash on the curb and go back inside
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as in landfill
a place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped
all of the used packaging eventually ends up in the dump
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as in warehouse
a place where military arms are stored
a daring raid on the ammunition dump
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as in mess
a dirty or messy place
his place is always a dump, so he almost never has people over
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Recent Examples of dump
Bailey Richards, People.com, 1 June 2025
Shake briefly to aerate and incorporate the ingredients, then dump contents into a rocks glass.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 31 May 2025
Bob Shaw, Twin Cities, 6 June 2017
The latter came after Sandburg setter Connor Kelly put the Eagles on top with a dump and a block on consecutive plays.
—Logan Malloy, Daily Southtown, 30 May 2017
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Verb
Ebbs later claimed that she was dumped by Siwa at the British reality show's afterparty in an April 26 TikTok that has since been deleted.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 1 June 2025
Shake briefly to aerate and incorporate the ingredients, then dump contents into a rocks glass.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 31 May 2025
Noun
The chemicals apparently had leached into the water from waste dumps, where the company disposed of the chemicals, ending in the 1970s.
—Bob Shaw, Twin Cities, 6 June 2017
The latter came after Sandburg setter Connor Kelly put the Eagles on top with a dump and a block on consecutive plays.
—Logan Malloy, Daily Southtown, 30 May 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dump
Verb
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The only two albums left in her catalog yet to be released as a re-recording are Reputation and her debut album.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
30 May 2025
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Ground crews attacked the right flank of the fire while an air tanker made retardant drops across the head and left flank.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
30 May 2025
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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Aid groups are unloading food and other critical supplies in the Gaza Strip, after a monthslong blockade that has put children at risk of famine.—
Anna Mulrine Grobe,
Christian Science Monitor,
23 May 2025
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Once Devon can unload caretaking duties for Bruce (their father), Simone says life is going to get really good for her.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Every second of every day, a garbage-truck-sized load of clothing is dumped in landfills.—
Karen Dougherty,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 May 2025
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Sadly, most of these hard-to-recycle materials end up buried in landfills or get mixed into products like cement.—
Terence Musho,
The Conversation,
28 May 2025
Noun
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The company’s old headquarters sit directly next to Nowadays, a bar and night club that occupies a warehouse and an adjacent, tree-laden lot.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
30 May 2025
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Overnight a crowd of desperate people broke into a warehouse in the strip looking for food, with two people killed and many injured in the scrum.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
29 May 2025
Noun
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The teaser at the end of this week’s hour-long episode promises bonafide flagship mess: Obnoxious guests, police coming onboard, deckhand Kyle apparently hooking up with a guest.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
3 June 2025
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It’s been a rush, a whirlwind, a chaotic mess — all descriptors that could lovingly apply to the Ghouls music.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
1 June 2025
Verb
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Join Amazon shoppers in ditching their name-brand sneakers for these comfortable pairs of running shoes starting at $43.—
Averi Baudler,
People.com,
31 May 2025
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Sunrun shares have plunged nearly 26% this year and more than 52% over the past year, as traders ditch clean energy names under the Trump administration.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
30 May 2025
Verb
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The first-stage booster that had been tapped during the original attempts was discarded for a new booster.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2025
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Disposable paper dresses enjoyed a brief vogue in the turbulent late 1960s, when young people literally wore their politics and interests on their sleeves—but were prepared to discard them as easily as a piece of Kleenex.—
Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 May 2025
Noun
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It has long been said that Hutchinson needed an auditorium but all indications point now to the fact that Hutchinson is going to use the armory auditorium more than anyone expected.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The arena has been just the right size, not an 20,000-seat NBA building, but not an old armory, either.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
13 May 2025
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“Dump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dump. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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