FLINGING (OFF OR AWAY) Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

flinging (off or away)

verb

present participle of fling (off or away)

as in dumping

to get rid of as useless or unwanted he flung away the used matchstick flinging off dirty clothes

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Earlier Tuesday afternoon, the weather service said thunderstorms were already dumping heavy rain across the region, with more rain on the horizon.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
An out-of-town attorney was abducted outside a Midtown Manhattan strip club and savagely beaten by four thieves who stole his Rolex watch and iPhone before dumping him in a New Jersey nature reserve, federal officials said Tuesday.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of dumping

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An employee was also observed loading dirty dishes into a dish rack and subsequently unloading clean dishes from a dish rack without washing their hands.

— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Many showed up every morning, unloading pallets of potatoes, working the front desk, helping others who came for food.

— Claire Galofaro, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of unloading

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Shoppers are ditching sweet gourmand perfumes and candles for something that smells like a backyard garden, and the tomato leaf fragrance trend is leading that shift this spring and summer.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
The keys use a USB device to store a private authentication key to complete the login process, thereby ditching digital-only passwords or passcodes that a hacker can steal.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of ditching

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Nearly all of the survey’s respondents — 96% — said losing the supplement would be a serious financial blow.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
Jack Wolf Westwood Lincoln Riley talks a big game about excelling in the Big Ten, but in losing badly to Oregon and its backup quarterback, USC probably couldn’t win the Pac-12 this year.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of losing

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For Brashares, letting go of her kids’ and husband’s old clothes always felt a little like throwing away more than tattered items.

— Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026
The New York Sanitation Department is telling New Yorkers to stop throwing away their needles the wrong way.

— Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of throwing away

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