PART (WITH) Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

part (with)

verb

Definition of part (with)

as in to discard

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Verb

Treating this salty wastewater is expensive and energy-intensive, so much of it is usually discarded because processing the brine at concentrators costs too much.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Prior to Harmony's launch, the last new room addition to the ISS had occurred in 2001, when Russia's Pirs docking module (since discarded) arrived.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of discard

Verb

In recent years, insurance companies have restricted business and shed large numbers of policies following catastrophic wildfires and fears about more in the future.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
At the time, tastemakers were shedding the darker, heavier, traditionalist aesthetics of the Victorian era.

— Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of shed

Verb

Thoroughly unimpressed by her suburban idyll, and evidently unmoved by her responsibilities as wife and mother, Denise labors in her basement on a novel whose protagonist wishes to forsake her family for a life in New York.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
Alicent’s forsaken him, and his betrothed has turned out to be a damned and ancient witch.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of forsake

Verb

Aden's airport was deserted after the Houthi warning, airport employee Salem Al-Awlaqi told The Associated Press.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Propped up by strong finishing, Tottenham were on 11 points at this stage a year ago, but soon reverted to their relegation-battling baseline once that ruthlessness deserted them.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of desert

Verb

Far more Democrats renounced their party affiliation or switched to Republican than the other way around over the past two years.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
Rama attains liberation after renouncing the world, while Lakshmana’s violent actions lead him to hell before a spiritual ascent later.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of renounce

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