JUNKING Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

junking 1 of 2

noun

as in removal

the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless that old chair needs junking

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junking

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verb

present participle of junk

as in dumping

to get rid of as useless or unwanted we'll have to junk this old car

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Noun

Every artist supporting Sheeran on his Loop Tour withdrew from his stadium run following the removal of Macklemore.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
The group even named the lambs Sammy, Sunny and Sooty, and posted a video of the removal.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of removal

Verb

Earlier Tuesday afternoon, the weather service said thunderstorms were already dumping heavy rain across the region, with more rain on the horizon.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
An out-of-town attorney was abducted outside a Midtown Manhattan strip club and savagely beaten by four thieves who stole his Rolex watch and iPhone before dumping him in a New Jersey nature reserve, federal officials said Tuesday.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of dumping

Noun

Scores of residents were evacuated from their homes near the base early Sunday as armed police officers and army bomb-disposal experts swooped on the rural area.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Nick wants to be careful about their firm’s spending, but Serena reminds him that Cathcarts has every resource at its disposal.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of disposal

Verb

Shoppers are ditching sweet gourmand perfumes and candles for something that smells like a backyard garden, and the tomato leaf fragrance trend is leading that shift this spring and summer.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
The keys use a USB device to store a private authentication key to complete the login process, thereby ditching digital-only passwords or passcodes that a hacker can steal.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of ditching

Verb

An employee was also observed loading dirty dishes into a dish rack and subsequently unloading clean dishes from a dish rack without washing their hands.

— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Many showed up every morning, unloading pallets of potatoes, working the front desk, helping others who came for food.

— Claire Galofaro, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of unloading

Verb

That’s why Democrats running for Senate seats in the midterm elections in such states as Maine, Minnesota, and Florida tout their support for scrapping the current health insurance system in favor of broad Medicare coverage.

— Kate Wells, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
Lithuanian Parliament Speaker Juozas Olekas said scrapping the restriction would bolster the country's resilience and remove a legal distinction between Lithuania and other EU and NATO countries.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of scrapping

Verb

Nearly all of the survey’s respondents — 96% — said losing the supplement would be a serious financial blow.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
Jack Wolf Westwood Lincoln Riley talks a big game about excelling in the Big Ten, but in losing badly to Oregon and its backup quarterback, USC probably couldn’t win the Pac-12 this year.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

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