scrap
verb (THROW AWAY) /skræp/ (-pp-)Definition
C2 [T] to not continue with a system or plan: They're considering scrapping the tax and raising the money in other ways. We scrapped our plans for a trip to France.Causing something to endComing to an end C2 [T] to get rid of something that is no longer useful or wanted, often using its parts in new ways: Hundreds of nuclear weapons have been scrapped.Removing and getting rid of thingsTaking things away from someone or somewhere
(Definition of scrap verb (THROW AWAY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -stopper suffix
- abandon verb (STOP)
- all good things (must) come to an end idiom
- and have done with it idiom
- be over the hump idiom
- break away phrasal verb (NOT AGREE)
- chop verb
- conclude verb (FINISH)
- freeze noun (STOP)
- hang sth up phrasal verb
- jack sth in phrasal verb
- kill sth stone-dead idiom
- knock off (sth) phrasal verb
- lay sth to rest idiom
- squash verb (END)
- stamp on sth phrasal verb
- stamp sth out phrasal verb
- stanch verb
- staunch verb
- stem verb
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