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To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).

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Abandon 76% connected

To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dump 76% connected

A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.

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Jettison 76% connected

The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck.

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Junk 76% connected

A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Liquidize 76% connected

To render liquid.

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Retire 76% connected

To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

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Scrap 76% connected

Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

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Trash 76% connected

That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.

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Unlearn 76% connected

To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of.

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Abandonment 76% connected

The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.

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Object 76% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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Remove 76% connected

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Waste 76% connected

Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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Staging 76% connected

A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building.

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Dispose 92% connected

To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fling 92% connected

To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Toss 92% connected

To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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