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discard
verb
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/dɪˈskɑːrd/ uk

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/dɪˈskɑːd/
[ T ]
to throw something away or get rid of it because you no longer want or need it:
Discarded food containers and bottles littered the streets.
[ I or T ]
to get rid of a card you are holding during a card game
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Removing and getting rid of things
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discard
noun [ C ]
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/dɪˈskɑːrd/ uk

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/dɪˈskɑːd/
in a card game, a card that you have gotten rid of
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(Definition of discard from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

discard | Intermediate English

discard
verb [ T ]
us

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/dɪsˈkɑrd/
to throw away or get rid of something because you no longer want it:
Cut the melon in half and discard the seeds.
He makes toys from things people discard.
(Definition of discard from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of discard

discard
Skim off and discard any foam that rises.
From The Seattle Times
They help us remember much by discarding even more.
From Fast Company
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They were treated with soap and water and their clothes were discarded.
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The cell phone was later discarded and recovered nearby, authorities said.
From NJ.com  
Now, we are the minority, feeling powerless, discarded and disrespected.
From Huffington Post  
And we must discard the dogmatic idea that growth will or must pass the 5% mark.
From Huffington Post  
The problem is that we see the figures we want to see, and discard the rest.
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But there are alternatives to discarding the jar while there's still a bit of nutty goodness leftover.
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In case of capture it was easy to discard them and throw them away immediately.
From Gizmodo  
The discard pile, in this case, becomes the inspiration.
From Los Angeles Times  
Then they're used for a month and discarded.
From Wired  
The government conveniently took the part it liked and discarded the part it did not like.
From Voice of America  
The overnight express company fails to deliver half the samples at the proper temperature, meaning they have to be discarded.
From Huffington Post  
It's a throwaway culture that discards young people as well as its older people.
From Business Insider  

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