dumped

verb

past tense of dump
1
as in left
to end a usually intimate relationship with all of her friends were surprised at how she just dumped him

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2
as in discarded
to get rid of as useless or unwanted dump the trash on the curb and go back inside

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Recent Examples of dumped Later in the month, from July 28 to 30, slow-moving thunderstorms dumped nearly 12 inches of rain over eastern New York, causing major flash flooding. — Denise Chow, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026 During the Great Depression, milk prices collapsed and dairy farmers dumped their own product in the street to protest. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026 Each year, the world generates fabric waste at a rate equivalent to a garbage truck’s worth getting dumped or incinerated every second, the United Nations Environment Program estimates. — Anne D’innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 Brooks, 19, was a student at LSU when she was hit by a car and killed after a group of men allegedly raped her, then dumped her out of a vehicle on a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, highway in 2023, and drove off. — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, the low-temperature thermal exhaust dumped into the surrounding environment goes completely unused. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026 The Swannanoa River, across Highway 70 from Barker's street, rose to historic levels after Hurricane Helene dumped intense rainfall on the Appalachian region, after the area had already been hit by a storm just days before. — Ginger Zee, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 The wind whips up sewage dried to a powder that's been dumped for years onto an arid riverbed near the fishing settlement of Rehri Goth, on the outskirts of the Pakistani port city of Karachi. — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026 Owens continued to run wild with an avalanche suplex on Balor, but Sami Zayn dumped him out of the ring and tried to steal the pin. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumped
  1. ditched
  2. discarded
  3. unloaded
  4. lost
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  • That night, the teens ditched the geriatric ward together to watch Blue Hawaii in the visitors’ lounge of the hospital.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
  • In addition to clearing the deal, culture secretary Nandy has ditched plans to bring forward secondary legislation enabling Ofcom to examine how the Paramount-WBD deal would impact streaming services.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of ditched
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  • Each of the 31 teams needed to be reoutfitted, along with every member of the athletic department staff, and the old stuff discarded.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Numerous foods were discarded and two coolers required repairs, according to the report.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of discarded
Verb
  • As they were stopped at a red light on the Strip, a white Cadillac pulled up alongside their vehicle and a gunman unloaded his weapon.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Riley worked a full count and then unloaded on a 3-2 splitter that caught too much of the plate.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of unloaded
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  • All of them are concerned with legacy, particularly among fathers and daughters (Shakespeare had two and lost his only son), and all of them touch a realm beyond the mundane — a place of gods and dreams, oracles and enchantment.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Demuth narrowly lost her party’s endorsement to Qualls at the GOP state convention in Duluth in May.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 12 Aug. 2026
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