ditched

verb

Definition of ditchednext
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 Synonyms for ditched
  1. dumped
  2. discarded
  3. lost
  4. abandoned
Verb
  • Caretakers at All Things Wild Rehabilitation believe that Polly, a 1-year-old Pekin duck who's missing part of her bill, was dumped at a pond by her former owner and attacked by a snapping turtle.
    Natalie Escobar, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
  • After a cynical congratulations from the Front Man, Gi-hun is unceremoniously dumped on the streets of Seoul, where the traumatized man refuses his winnings and lives in abject poverty for a year.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of dumped
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  • Ed, as the film reveals, was miraculously spared from the incinerator; an unknown number of babies born to girls attending the school did not escape that grim fate – discarded with the knowledge or at the direction of Catholic clergy who ran the school.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The archaeologists believe that the statue was discarded in a sewer during the Roman Empire’s transition to Christianity.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of discarded
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  • The team has lost nine consecutive games after a 4-2 start.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Like other foreign carmakers, Honda and Nissan have lost ground in the world's biggest market China to BYD and other domestic makers of electric and hybrid cars loaded with innovative software.
    Kantaro Komiya, The Tennessean, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of lost
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  • Women also bear a disproportionate share of housework and are more likely to be abandoned if diagnosed with a severe illness, compared to men.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • After negotiating a bipartisan agreement to keep the government open through until the middle of March 2025, which tech mogul Elon Musk effectively torpedoed, Johnson abandoned the package.
    Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
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