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discard
Meaning: to throw away or get rid of something no longer needed
discard in a sentence
How discard is used in real sentences:
He decided to discard the broken umbrella instead of trying to fix it.
Before moving to a smaller apartment, she decided to discard old textbooks she hadn't opened in years.
“After making sketches, they would discard damaged samples, but they saved healthy ones in labeled tubes.”
— from the passage Mosquitoes in the Marsh
Synonyms for discard
Other words for discard — dispose and ditch — carry the same meaning.
- dispose
- ditch
Antonyms of discard
Words that mean the opposite of discard:
- keep
- retain
- preserve
Where it comes from
From Old French descarter 'to reject, throw away'
Memory hook
DIS-CARD — toss the losing card away during a game.