ditched

verb

past tense of ditch
1
as in dumped
to end a usually intimate relationship with ditched his wife for a woman 30 years his junior

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2
as in discarded
to get rid of as useless or unwanted we ditched the old table at the town dump

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Recent Examples of ditched People who would normally carry around an iPod and their mobile phone ditched their iPods for a mobile device that could combine both. — Eric Griffith, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026 With no end to the crisis in sight, investors again ditched French bonds, pushing up their yields. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 However, not long after production wrapped on season two, hair colorist Miichelle Sharma revealed that Abdalla has officially ditched her character’s blonde ribbons for a double-chocolate brunette that’s perfect for fall. — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 20 Oct. 2026 On Sunday, Sweeney doubled down and ditched her top in a new commercial for Novig, wearing only white underwear while strategically covering herself with footballs. — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, Pitt ditched his signature whimsical style for a classic black suit moment. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 24 Sep. 2026 The Boston Globe’s story about what happened when a lesbian bar in western Massachusetts ditched its mask mandate is worth the price of a subscription. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026 Still, Wilson Jones doesn’t think the theory that the ancient Greeks were attempting an optical illusion should be ditched entirely. — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026 When the leverage play failed, major league owners ditched the two-city notion. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ditched
  1. dumped
  2. discarded
  3. unloaded
  4. lost
  5. abandoned
Verb
  • For all the money that's been dumped into the program, that's not good enough.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • In the aftermath of allegations from Wood and then others, Manson was dumped by CAA as a client and lost acting roles in American Gods and Creepshow.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of dumped
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  • Individual containers of food were not marked to indicate the food items to be discarded under time as public health control.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Not just dead satellites and discarded rocket stages, but millions of tiny fragments travelling at enormous relative velocities.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of discarded
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  • Video captured the Toyota leaving before the second robbery and returning afterward, when a man resembling Sartin unloaded a bicycle, according to the affidavit.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • During Trautman’s visit in the fall of 1942, when matériel was unloaded off the coast of Australia, it was stacked on the beaches, fully exposed to the elements.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of unloaded
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  • The Dolphins, who have lost their first five games and are in the midst of a roster retooling, are raising season ticket prices across the board in 2027, after not increasing prices for any seats (and lowering the price of some seats) this year.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
  • As their name implies, each qubit is stored in an ion, an atom that has lost one or more of its electrons.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of lost
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  • Chinese leaders have never abandoned the goal of reunification, and no one should dismiss the possibility of force.
    — Ningrong Liu, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Haines' husband said her left leg was amputated on Monday and her right leg was amputated on Wednesday after doctors abandoned hope of saving it.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of abandoned

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“Ditched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ditched. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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