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dump

[duhmp] / dʌmp /
NOUN
junkyard
Synonyms
STRONGEST
depot
STRONG
cesspool magazine swamp
WEAK
ash heap dumping ground garbage lot junk pile refuse heap rubbish pile
NOUN
slummy establishment
Synonyms
STRONGEST
shack
STRONG
hole hovel joint mess pigpen pigsty shanty slum sty
VERB
drop, throw away
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deposit discard discharge dispose of ditch drain empty get rid of jettison leave scrap unload
STRONG
cast chuck deep-six eject evacuate expel exude fling junk tip unpack
WEAK
clear out fling down let fall throw down throw out throw overboard
Antonyms
STRONGEST
hold keep retain
STRONG
take in
WEAK
maintain save

Example Sentences

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He’s got a dump truck full of Emmys, and he’s trying to line up something for ‘Malcolm,’ ” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Shea Charles scored an 85th-minute winner to dump the Gunners out of the competition after substitute Viktor Gyokeres had levelled following Ross Stewart's first-half opener.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

After a fall shatters his ankle, his stepchildren dump him with his daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

“Do the opposite: If they pump it, short it. If they dump it, go long,” Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in a post on X.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Quickly, I dump all my school supplies and books out of the backpack and transfer them into the satchel.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

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