as in bickered
to express different opinions about something often angrily
the young couple often scrapped about money and their very disparate spending habits
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as in discarded
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
we've decided to scrap the second car
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as in canceled
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
we scrapped our plans to go to Paris, and set out the next day for Prague
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Recent Examples of scrapped
Arkansas Online,
20 June 2026
Michael Loria and Joey Garrison Vice President JD Vance scrapped plans to travel to Switzerland for negotiations on Friday aimed at a final deal to end the war in Iran, a White House official confirmed late Thursday evening.
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Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
The 2015 nuclear deal, which Trump scrapped during his first term, took more than 18 months to negotiate.
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Jon Gambrell,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
More than a decade later, Ike Barinholtz is opening up about the Police Academy reboot that was scrapped amid a rise in lethal police brutality.
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Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
18 June 2026
In a remarkable move two years ago, a top Republican lawmaker scrapped plans for two gun rights bills in the aftermath of the Chiefs Super Bowl rally shooting.
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Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
But that basic requirement was scrapped under the 1996 law that required filers to complete the in-prison complaint process before filing suit.
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Christie Thompson,
NPR,
17 June 2026
An earlier plan to retain part of the school building facade as the redevelopment design was scrapped, but the contractors plan to salvage key historic artifacts such as the tower bell.
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Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
President Cyril Ramaphosa then scrapped licensing requirements for private power generation.
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Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
15 June 2026
Verb
The 2015 nuclear deal, which Trump scrapped during his first term, took more than 18 months to negotiate.
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Arkansas Online,
20 June 2026
Michael Loria and Joey Garrison Vice President JD Vance scrapped plans to travel to Switzerland for negotiations on Friday aimed at a final deal to end the war in Iran, a White House official confirmed late Thursday evening.
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Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
The 2015 nuclear deal, which Trump scrapped during his first term, took more than 18 months to negotiate.
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Jon Gambrell,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
More than a decade later, Ike Barinholtz is opening up about the Police Academy reboot that was scrapped amid a rise in lethal police brutality.
—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
18 June 2026
In a remarkable move two years ago, a top Republican lawmaker scrapped plans for two gun rights bills in the aftermath of the Chiefs Super Bowl rally shooting.
—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
But that basic requirement was scrapped under the 1996 law that required filers to complete the in-prison complaint process before filing suit.
—
Christie Thompson,
NPR,
17 June 2026
An earlier plan to retain part of the school building facade as the redevelopment design was scrapped, but the contractors plan to salvage key historic artifacts such as the tower bell.
—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
President Cyril Ramaphosa then scrapped licensing requirements for private power generation.
—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrapped
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King bickered with fans on social media.
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But Tilly and Gershon playfully bickered onstage as the former remembered things slightly differently, with Tilly saying the problem had more to do with a shot of her hand on Gershon's crotch that was deemed too realistic.
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This was corrected, and the vermouth was discarded.
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Inspectors stopped food preparation immediately and tomato soup prepared with the brown water was discarded.
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The Mason Motocross races on Sunday were canceled after the crash, WOWK reported.
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He was eventually brought by an airport assistant to the gate for the flight to Sarasota, but that service was delayed and eventually canceled due to weather.
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Bland was obsessed with religion, but that did not amount to insanity, the prosecutor argued.
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During the primary the two contenders agreed on most issues, but Valdez argued throughout the campaign that Reynoso wasn't outspoken enough.
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Some people like to come back to fresh bedding, a tidy closet, and an empty hamper so that everything from the trip can be dumped or sorted right away.
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Workers were seen in recent days removing algae from the Reflecting Pool, and on Tuesday morning, crews dumped bottles of hydrogen peroxide into the water.
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Students who entered college eager to study literature or history sometimes abandoned those fields because classrooms became places of discomfort rather than intellectual growth.
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Vazquez abandoned her black bike on the corner next to Pinch Kitchen + Bar.
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As visitors like Fulkerson settled into folding chairs arranged along the same grassy knoll where John Brown and his followers fought their way into the red-brick armory, Kerwin rose, stepped to the microphone and looked out at the crowd gathered before her.
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While the Civil War was fought far from Pittsburgh's streets, its impact can still be found here today — in the graves of arsenal workers, in the medals of hometown heroes, and in the stories preserved for future generations.
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Starmer ditched some of his predecessor’s more left-wing policies and apologized for antisemitism that an internal investigation concluded had been allowed to spread under Corbyn.
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Seminole commissioners are furious that Lynx wants to hike costs for its mass transit service — even after the county ditched most of its bus routes last January due to a lack of riders.
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