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to trash

to trash

120 4.0
To damage something badly so it no longer works
  • verb
  • /træʃ/
  • Informal
: destrozar
  • A tow truck removes dented cars from the trashed intersection.

And he really just like trashed that place hard, really trashed that place hard.

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Examples

  • The room is empty, but it's been trashed by the firefight.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • We have been trashing the house and then leaving it to our kids.

    The Royal Institution

  • Whenever they built a playground, kids would trash it the next day.

    Academic text (2011)

  • This is totally trashed and I want to clean that up.

  • What if somebody trashed the place?

    Barbarian (2022)

  • The principal called and said you trashed the school and you ran away? -

    Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024)

  • Inside, the room was trashed, with clothes, shoes, books, and papers torn and strewn all over the floor.

    Academic text (2006)

  • This place is trashed.

    Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)

  • He'd come home around nine o'clock in the evening to find the place trashed.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The vandals used spray paint and threw objects around, completely trashed the community center.

Synonyms

to destroy
vsto trash
∞ 1.0

Damage something so badly that it cannot be used or fixed

is a more informal term for severe harm leaving something useless
to ruin
vsto trash
∞ 2.0

Destroy or badly damage something so it cannot be used

refers mainly to physical severe harm rather than broader losses
to damage
vsto trash
323 1.4

To harm something so it becomes less useful, valuable, or healthy

refers to more severe harm that leaves something unusable or worthless
to destruct
vsto trash
  • Specialized
76 8.1

To destroy something in a planned, controlled way

is an informal term that does not imply technical controlled loss
to obliterate
vsto trash
67 7.5

To destroy something completely so nothing remains

means severe harm that may still leave some traces
to do a job on
vsto trash
  • UK
22 7.7

Damage or spoil something badly

is an informal but more neutral term for severe harm
to pulverize
vsto trash
  • US
12 7.6

To destroy something completely so nothing is left

means severe harm but not necessarily reduced to powder
to lay waste to
vsto trash
11 7.9

To destroy a place and leave it ruined

is used more generally for damaging objects not only places
to waste
vsto trash
5 4.7

To destroy a place completely, leaving only ruins

is a more informal way to describe such large scale ruin

Antonyms

to protect
∞ 1.0

To keep someone or something safe from harm

to preserve
504 3.4

To keep people and things safe from harm or change

Idioms

to talking trash
  • Offensive
1 8.1

Say rude or insulting things to make someone feel bad

Phrasal Verbs

to take out the trash
  • US
19 1.3

To carry the garbage from your home to an outside bin for collection

to talk trash
  • Offensive
18 7.5

Say insulting, bragging words to make someone angry or nervous

Compounds

trash can
  • US
90 1.0

A container for holding rubbish until it is collected

white trash
  • Slur
40 9.9

An insulting word for poor white people, especially in the southern United States

trash bag
  • US
25 1.0

A strong plastic bag used to hold and carry garbage

piece of trash
  • Offensive
16 4.7

Something thought to be worthless or of very low quality

trash bin
  • US
11 1.0

A container for holding rubbish until it is taken away

trailer trash
  • Slur
11 9.9

An insulting name for poor people who live in trailer parks

trash heap
  • US
6 2.4

A pile of garbage and old things people throw away

poor white trash
  • Slur
3 9.9

An offensive name for poor white people in the southern United States

trash pickup
  • US
3 1.9

Collection of garbage from homes or businesses by a local service

trash collection
  • US
3 2.0

Collecting garbage from homes or streets

trash barrel
  • US
3 1.1

A large round bin for holding rubbish until someone collects it

trash dump
  • US
3 2.1

A place where people put waste to be taken away

trash fire
  • US
2 3.1

A fire made by burning garbage outside

trash pile
  • US
2 1.3

A heap of thrown away things like paper and bottles

pure trash
  • Slang
1 6.6

A thing that is very bad and of low quality like a book or film

trash heap of history
  • Informal
1 8.9

Ideas or things people now see as old and useless

trash fire
  • Slang
1 8.9

A chaotic situation that is badly managed

trash panda
  • Slang
1 9.3

A raccoon people call playfully because it looks for food in trash

Trash-80
  • Archaic
1 9.9

An early home computer made by RadioShack in the late 1970s

trash bin
  • Specialized
1 2.2

A folder that holds deleted files so you can restore or permanently remove them

trash can
  • Specialized
1 2.9

A place on a computer where deleted files stay before they are removed for good

trash mob
  • Jargon
1 6.6

A group of weak enemies in a game that are easy to defeat

oil trash
1 7.2

Waste of oil and things covered in oil after a spill

trash mob
  • US
1 6.5

A group of people who meet quickly to pick up litter in a public place

cesspit of trash
  • Informal
8.6

A place that is very dirty and full of trash and bad smells

How Damaging

to destroy
∞ 1.0
to trash
  • Informal
120 4.0
to wreck
233 2.9
to damage
323 1.4
to scratch
100 1.1

Surface Forms

trash infinitive
trashed past
trashed past participle
trashing present participle
trashes third person singular

Etymology

To trash a room or object (to damage or destroy it) keeps the same image: you make the place or thing into 'rubbish' or broken pieces, so it becomes useless.