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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

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"It was by where there's an old dump eroding onto the beach, and there's lots of bits of metal, so I looked down and thought it was nails stuck into something."

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

If stocks fell again, he said, “I would dump more money into the market.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Hartnett’s instinct is that even though risk sentiment has deteriorated markedly, investors, attuned to recoveries from geopolitically induced selloffs, have been reluctant to dump shares and are still long global stocks.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

It is called Dump Fruit because that is all there is to it: you just dump everything together.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

I need to dump it in the trash behind the building, but I don’t want to run into anyone who might ask about Mom.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

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