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 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 In fact, just days earlier, the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel had slammed the coastline and dumped rain over the region — although not enough to significantly moisten the bone-dry vegetation. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 That was due to the hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage and industrial waste that were dumped into its waters every day for over a century. — Asia London Palomba, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2026 Selig in essence dumped his team’s AL tradition for a few more home games with the Cubs and their money-spending fans from the North Shore. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 According to investigators, Vereb promised nearly 6,500 pets a proper burial, but the bodies were dumped in landfills or left in leaking garbage bags. — Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 None made landfall, but Hurricane Lala in August dumped more than 45 inches of rain in some areas, triggering damaging landslides and flooding. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026 Hurricane Lane dumped 58 inches (147 centimeters) of rain on Kahuna Falls, Hawaii, the following year. — Zachary Handlos, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumped
  1. ditched
  2. discarded
  3. unloaded
  4. lost
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  • 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
Definition of ditched
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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
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“Dumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumped. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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