as in sadness
a state or spell of low spirits
I've been down in the dumps all week
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as in leaves
to end a usually intimate relationship with
all of her friends were surprised at how she just dumped him
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as in discards
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 dumps
Anna Phillips, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
For decades, Valparaíso has expanded with no regulation or urban planning, leading to improvised, chaotic collections of wooden houses along high roads and gorges, which are often used as informal waste dumps.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2014
Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 1 Oct. 2024
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From there, some of the storm debris will be taken to municipal dumps and some will be trucked across the state to privately run landfills.
—Anna Phillips, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
For decades, Valparaíso has expanded with no regulation or urban planning, leading to improvised, chaotic collections of wooden houses along high roads and gorges, which are often used as informal waste dumps.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2014
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The former will get your children soaked thanks to several sprinklers, misters, and a bucket of water—which dumps approximately every five minutes—and the latter?
—Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Dumps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumps. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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