THREW AWAY Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

threw away

verb

past tense of throw away

as in discarded

to get rid of as useless or unwanted I should throw away that torn shirt

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as in spent

to use up carelessly if you buy a high-end computer, you'll just be throwing away money on a bunch of features you'll never use

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Recent Examples of threw away The offense too often became chaotic, and the Rockets threw away several winnable games during the regular season because of poor execution. — William Guillory, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2026 The affidavit against the suspects alleges the teens threw away Erving’s phone and clothing, ABC News and CBS News reported. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026 Lin-Manuel Miranda threw away his shot to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 14 July 2026 His mother, Amie Walden, said the family immediately threw away its wire grill brush after learning what caused the injury. — Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 30 June 2026 The Giants got a gift run against Meyer in the second when shortstop Otto Lopez threw away a potential double-play ball hit by Arraez. — Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2026 Some customers are sticking with film Recently, Shanebrook threw away his last Carousel slide projector trays. — Marcia Greenwood, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 Year after year, for more than a decade, the Northern Irishman threw away chances at completing the career grand slam. — Doug Ferguson, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026 Elizabeth Williams could not understand why the city threw away her tent, her laptop and all her medications — twice. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026

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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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At least $343,100 is to be spent on surveillance after the president falsely blamed vandals for damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

— Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
On a humid morning in June, Ramadan Elmoudi nervously watched grid current flow into a machine his colleagues had spent years building and kept his expectations low.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of spent

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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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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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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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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

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