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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:
- banish verb
- be scattered to the four winds idiom
- bin verb
- cast sb/sth aside/off phrasal verb
- cast sb/sth out phrasal verb
- dump verb (PUT DOWN)
- eliminate verb
- elimination noun
- eradicate verb
- erase verb (SOMETHING PAST)
- evacuate verb
- expunge verb
- expurgate verb
- flush verb (TOILET)
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- shrug sth off phrasal verb (NOT KEEP)
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- shuffle sth off phrasal verb
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