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(Entry 1 of 2)
the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless
- that old chair needs junking
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junking
verb
present participle of junk
Synonyms & Antonyms of junking (Entry 2 of 2)
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
- we'll have to junk this old car
Synonyms for junking
- cashiering,
- casting (off),
- chucking,
- deep-sixing,
- discarding,
- ditching,
- dumping,
- eighty-sixing
- (or 86ing),
- exorcising
- (also exorcizing),
- flinging (off or away),
- jettisoning,
- laying by,
- losing,
- pitching,
- rejecting,
- scrapping,
- shedding,
- shucking (off),
- sloughing (off)
- also sluffing (off),
- throwing away,
- throwing out,
- tossing,
- unloading
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“Junking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junking. Accessed 5 Aug. 2021.
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