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as in to leave
to end a usually intimate relationship with
all of her friends were surprised at how she just dumped him
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as in to unload
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
dump the trash on the curb and go back inside
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as in landfill
a place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped
all of the used packaging eventually ends up in the dump
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as in warehouse
a place where military arms are stored
a daring raid on the ammunition dump
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as in mess
a dirty or messy place
his place is always a dump, so he almost never has people over
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Recent Examples of dump
Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 23 Mar. 2025
The things that have helped keep my yard (somewhat) bug-free include spraying the yard with cedar oil for an eco-friendly pesticide, using fans when sitting outdoors, and dumping out any standing water.
—Elizabeth Medeiros, Health, 22 Mar. 2025
Bob Shaw, Twin Cities, 6 June 2017
The latter came after Sandburg setter Connor Kelly put the Eagles on top with a dump and a block on consecutive plays.
—Logan Malloy, Daily Southtown, 30 May 2017
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The big act of resistance was the 1773 Boston Tea Party, in which colonists dumped tons of the popular product into Boston Harbor.
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The chemicals apparently had leached into the water from waste dumps, where the company disposed of the chemicals, ending in the 1970s.
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For that reason, Santoro left Rivolta Femminile and in 1976 founded the Cooperativa Beato Angelico, the first women’s art space in Rome, together with ten other Italian women.—
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The sighting left the researchers with more questions than answers… but that’s the beauty of studying the ocean.—
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Owners unable to unload their EVs or still torn over Tesla have been caught in the middle.—
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Once triggered, the black mamba unloads a relentless flurry of high-speed bites.—
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Soil with low levels of dioxin contamination were to be unearthed and taken to secure landfills, while highly contaminated soil was to be taken to short-term storage for treatment.—
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Cleanup spanned over the course of many years and at its peak, over 410 trucks were transporting debris to landfills every day.—
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As the song climaxes, stage lights in the warehouse burst and rain showers down on her and her band.—
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Ballad Brewing, housed inside a 19th century tobacco warehouse, is one of the coolest places to grab a drink.—
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The mascara dries quickly, and there’s no mess or smudging.—
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Rule out any mess conundrums with this silver scalloped crumb catcher.—
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Some experts say the only way Tesla can recover its brand image is to ditch Musk as CEO.—
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Keep the voice, ditch the details Maintain your natural speaking voice in your content.—
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Rice, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, and gravy were discarded after they were measured too cold to be safe.—
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However, when cashew nuts are processed, the cashew apple, although edible, is often discarded or left unused in many commercial nut processing systems.—
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The tour included two crowded cell blocks, the armory and an isolation unit.—
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Memoir The Last Days of the Leather Fortress Tina Horn For a decade, the BDSM site Kink.com has filmed scenes for its more than 50,000 members in a hundred-year-old armory in downtown San Francisco.—
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“Dump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dump. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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