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present tense third-person singular of trash
Synonyms & Antonyms of trashes
1
to criticize harshly and usually publicly
- a stand-up comedian who humorously trashes the motley crew of people who bug her
Synonyms for trashes
- abuses,
- assails,
- attacks,
- bashes,
- belabors,
- blasts,
- castigates,
- excoriates,
- jumps (on),
- lambastes
- (or lambasts),
- potshots,
- savages,
- scathes,
- slams,
- vituperates
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2
to deliberately cause the damage or destruction of another's property
- someone had broken into the gym and trashed the decorations for the dance
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- annihilates,
- demolishes,
- destroys,
- devastates,
- ravages,
- ravens,
- razes,
- ruins,
- scourges,
- smashes,
- tears down,
- totals,
- wastes,
- wipes out,
- wracks,
- wrecks
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3
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
- a club member who trashes every idea that isn't hers
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- approves,
- countenances,
- endorses
- (also indorses),
- favors,
- recommends,
- sanctions
Antonyms for trashes
4
to take sudden, violent action against
- gangs of young punks would trash the encampment of homeless men just for sport
Synonyms for trashes
- assails,
- assaults,
- attacks,
- besets,
- bushwhacks,
- charges,
- descends (on or upon),
- goes in (on),
- jumps (on),
- pounces (on or upon),
- raids,
- rushes,
- sets on,
- sics
- (also sicks),
- storms,
- strikes,
- turns (on)
Words Related to trashes
- ambuscades,
- ambushes,
- surprises
- (also surprizes),
- waylays
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“Trashes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trashes. Accessed 24 Jan. 2022.
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