1
as in to dump
to end a usually intimate relationship with
ditched his wife for a woman 30 years his junior
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2
as in to discard
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
we ditched the old table at the town dump
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Recent Examples of ditch
Graham Averill, Outside Online, 8 Dec. 2024
Once again Skinner is in the ditch with goal share (minute sample size).
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Harbaugh’s influence has been the headline as the Chargers have tried to ditch their reputation of mediocrity.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The beauty and sheer volume of the ditch gets me every time.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 8 Dec. 2024
Once again Skinner is in the ditch with goal share (minute sample size).
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
In August, ditches on the side of the road still had water in them, weeks after the last rain.
—Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Harbaugh’s influence has been the headline as the Chargers have tried to ditch their reputation of mediocrity.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ditch
Noun
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In the photo, there's a line around the moon's equator that resembles the equatorial trench around the Death Star.—
Ailsa Harvey,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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Preliminary estimates found that filling in the interstate trench would cost $2.4 billion to $3.2 billion, compared to $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion to reconfigure the freeway within its existing footprint.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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On Thursday, two activists from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) were arrested while attempting to dump a truckload of manure outside the Manhattan offices of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).—
Gabe Whisnant,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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Milwaukee could not even bid for Butler without dumping salary to get under the second apron.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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The first-stage booster that had been tapped during the original attempts was discarded for a new booster.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
27 Jan. 2025
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With no working payment method, the couple angrily discarded their items on the counter, knocking the cup to the floor in the process.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Those embers can ride high winds for multiple miles to nestle in dry leaves or pine needles clogging a gutter, a wood-shingle roof, or shrubs, trees and other flammable vegetation close to a structure.—
Justin Angle,
The Conversation,
16 Jan. 2025
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Once one house starts—with a spark that catches on dry leaves in a rain gutter or drifts into an attic through a vent—the fire spreads house to house.—
Elizabeth Miller,
Outside Online,
12 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The lightweight champ left no question of his superiority in the rematch, knocking out Volkanovski at 3:06 of the first round.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Even when the flames are extinguished, their impact will remain—leaving thousands displaced, jobs lost, and a sense of stability shaken.—
John Hope Bryant,
TIME,
18 Jan. 2025
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Imagine adding a talent like Sasaki without having to use a first-round draft pick, or having to unload five prospects to acquire him in a trade, or having to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to sign him as a free agent.—
Jim Bowden,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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Manning was unloading his gear with his mother around 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 16 when his six-month old Great Dane puppy, Muffin, ran into the road at their Slidell, La., home.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
People.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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California’s largest fire in 2024 started when a man pushed a burning car into a ravine near Chico.—
Virginia Iglesias,
The Conversation,
13 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Hirschfield raped Gonsalves and dumped both of the teenagers’ bodies in a ravine about 30 miles east of Davis in Sacramento County, where they were found by police three days later.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The Times will use your stories and photos of what was lost in a visual collection of memories to publish at a later date.—
Phi Do,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Wisconsin lost 6 Republican women and added 11 Democratic women.—
Jennifer Berry Hawes,
ProPublica,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Ditch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ditch. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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