SLOUGH (OFF) Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

slough (off)

verb

variants also sluff (off)

Definition of slough (off)

as in to lose

to get rid of as useless or unwanted finally sloughed off the depression that had been weighing him down for months

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José Ramírez loses his bat during the game on June 2, 2026 at Yankee Stadium.

— Katie Houlis, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Data from the Office of Personnel Management shows that the agency lost more than 3,300 staff, roughly one-quarter of its total workforce, over the past fiscal year.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of lose

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Thousands of gallons of crude oil were dumped into the river in May when a construction crew trying to lay fiber-optic cable hit a pipeline carrying the substance from Kern County to the Port of Los Angeles.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
Homeowners tend to dump seed straight onto compacted, untilled soil and expect grass to appear.

— Amanda Tust, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of dump

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Six schools have closed, and 1,000 positions were eliminated because of budget cuts and declining enrollment.

— Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Hamas is the terrorist group that has pledged to eliminate Israel, which operates in Gaza, the area adjacent to Israel.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of eliminate

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The finished system ends up split between company hardware and a cloud provider, and three months of design work gets thrown away.

— Michael Leone, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The Food and Drug Administration advises consumers to throw away, return, or avoid eating the snack mixes.

— Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of throw away

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High gas prices from the Iran-Israel War also may spur some drivers to ditch their cars for a while and save cash by avoiding the gas pump.

— Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
In addition to clearing the deal, culture secretary Nandy has ditched plans to bring forward secondary legislation enabling Ofcom to examine how the Paramount-WBD deal would impact streaming services.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of ditch

Verb

Each of the 31 teams needed to be reoutfitted, along with every member of the athletic department staff, and the old stuff discarded.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Numerous foods were discarded and two coolers required repairs, according to the report.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of discard

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