TRASHING Synonyms: 232 Similar and Opposite Words

trashing 1 of 2

noun

as in vandalism

deliberate damaging or destroying of another's property the trashing of his apartment was the work of his ex-girlfriend, who apparently did not take the breakup very well

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trashing

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verb

present participle of trash

as in attacking

to criticize harshly and usually publicly a stand-up comedian who humorously trashes the motley crew of people who bug her

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as in destroying

to deliberately cause the damage or destruction of another's property someone had broken into the gym and trashed the decorations for the dance

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as in dismissing

to express scornfully one's low opinion of a club member who trashes every idea that isn't hers

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as in assaulting

to take sudden, violent action against gangs of young punks would trash the encampment of homeless men just for sport

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Recent Examples of trashing

Noun

Brighton scored four goals in the opening 31 minutes in a 4-0 trashing of Aston Villa. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 On Thursday, the Interior Department was claiming to have beat back the toxic blooms — while doing a drive-by trashing of Barack Obama to please the boss. — Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 23 June 2026 On Sunday, May 10, a group of teens was captured on camera trashing and robbing a store near the Washington Monument. — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 13 May 2026 The trashing performance also marked the return of Foos guitarist Pat Smear, who had been sidelined with a broken foot when the band played a benefit weeks earlier. — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 31 Jan. 2026 In some cases, shipping companies end up trashing packages. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025

Verb

Instead, seal them in a dark plastic bag and bake them in direct sun for a few weeks to kill all seeds and roots before trashing them, or send them to a commercial or municipal composting facility. — Manjot Kaur Sidhu, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026 Friends told her that in the dining hall, where copies of the Review are often scattered like birdseed, some students were trashing the column. — Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026 From trashing bedrooms and throwing couches, the pair tumbles down stairs and has a chase across the lawn before ending up in the pool. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, McFarland—whose channel has nearly five million of those followers—is trashing the thing. — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 30 July 2026 Charges have been dropped against Bailey Zimmerman, the country singer who was accused of trashing his hotel room at the Sandia Resort and Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in May. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2026 Zelensky formally responded on Saturday in a decidedly undiplomatic post on X, subtly trashing the Polish government for revoking his award while not doing so with other historical awardees that many would object to. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 June 2026 There were reckless acts such as climbing on moving and parked vehicles and vandalism like trashing a yellow cab. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026 The process is fraught in other ways — the city has been sued in the past for trashing items like tents, laptops and medications. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trashing

Noun

Some far-right politicians have blamed immigration for the wave of looting and vandalism that battered a number of French cities on October 17.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
The economic impact of business vandalism in France extends the economic consequences of retail theft.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of vandalism

Verb

In July, Brown pleaded guilty to a count of affray at London’s Southwark Crown Court for attacking a music producer with a tequila bottle on the head.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026
The approval of Revolution Medicines’ pancreatic cancer drug Rasonque earlier this year showed that a medicine capable of attacking mutations in a group of genes called RAS could prolong survival for patients with the particularly aggressive cancer.

— Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of attacking

Verb

One crab can eat more than 40 juvenile soft-shell clams in a day, while also destroying seagrass habitats.

— Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
And then a seven-hour-long GRB came along—acting like a Death Star whose planet-destroying beam refused to switch off—that defied all explanation.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of destroying

Verb

In September, Judge Jonathan Medema ordered a stay of the civil case so the two sides could work to resolve the dispute without dismissing the case.

— Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 22 Oct. 2026
The court granted that request, entering judgment for the United States on Count III of the government’s complaint and dismissing the remaining counts as moot.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of dismissing

Verb

Federal prosecutors charged him with assaulting the agent, then dropped the case in February.

— Ashley Grams, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Stokes’ wife, former Hot 97 radio personality and employee TT Torrez, has also spoken out against the incident, issuing a statement through a representative accusing Funk Flex of physically assaulting her during the altercation with her husband.

— Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026

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Riverside has both a community center named for Chavez and a bronze statue — often the target of vandalization — on the Main Street pedestrian mall in the city’s downtown.

— Ryan Carter, Daily News, 19 Mar. 2026
Police said officers from the 116th Precinct had been alerted to the vandalization in the neighborhood and found 11 different police vehicles, both marked and unmarked, with damage.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025

Definition of vandalization

Verb

The familyâs legal team filed complaints targeting Iranian officials who bankrolled Hamas, slamming the ICC for double standards and demanding arrest warrants for the regime bosses backing the atrocity.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Alex Alvarado’s political action committee is behind the texts slamming Rodriguez in an apparent effort to help Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier stay in office.

— Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of slamming

Verb

On January 8, 2023, thousands of his supporters stormed the heart of Brasilia, the federal capital, vandalizing the buildings of the Supreme Court, Congress, and the Presidential Palace.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
The Justice Department's inspector general has declined to investigate allegations of misconduct against the prosecutors who brought an indictment against Olympian David Hearn that falsely accused him of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool.

— Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

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