to trash
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4.0
- 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.
- And he really just like trashed that place hard, really trashed that place hard.
- We have been trashing the house and then leaving it to our kids.
- And I mean, their credibility has been totally trashed.
- And in actuality, his blood work was trashed.
- When I, when this guy shows up at my sentencing, he says that one we trashed the house.
Examples
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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.
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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.
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What if somebody trashed the place?
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The principal called and said you trashed the school and you ran away? -
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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.
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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
∞
1.0
Damage something so badly that it cannot be used or fixed
∞
2.0
Destroy or badly damage something so it cannot be used
885
1.4
To harm something so it becomes less useful, valuable, or healthy
71
7.5
To destroy something completely so nothing remains
43
8.1
To destroy something in a planned, controlled way
38
4.7
To destroy a place completely, leaving only ruins
15
7.6
To destroy something completely so nothing is left
12
7.9
To destroy a place and leave it ruined
3
7.7
Damage or spoil something badly
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
31
1.3
To carry the garbage from your home to an outside bin for collection
Compounds
- Slur
15
9.9
An insulting word for poor white people, especially in the southern United States
- Specialized
1
2.9
A place on a computer where deleted files stay before they are removed for good
- Specialized
A folder that holds deleted files so you can restore or permanently remove them
How Damaging
Surface Forms
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.