dump

dump
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noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ garbage (esp. AmE), refuse, rubbish (BrE), trash (AmE), waste
▪

the cleaning up of a toxic waste dump

▪ nuclear
▪ city, town
DUMP + NOUN
▪ site
▪

Local residents have organized a protest against the planned dump site.

▪ truck (AmE)
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the dump
▪

Radioactive waste has been found at the dump.

▪ to a/the dump
▪

They took the mattress to the dump.

▪ dump for
▪

a new dump for nuclear waste

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verb
ADVERB
▪ illegally, legally
▪

The company had illegally dumped toxic waste.

▪ unceremoniously
▪

They carried him down to the beach and dumped him unceremoniously in the freezing water.

▪ quickly
▪ simply
▪

The waste is often simply dumped overboard.

▪ at sea (esp. BrE), in the ocean (esp. AmE), overboard
▪

The sewage was dumped at sea.

▪ down
▪

He dumped the boxes down in the kitchen.

Dump is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bag, ↑boyfriend, ↑bucket, ↑car, ↑chemical, ↑content, ↑fuel, ↑garbage, ↑load, ↑pile, ↑refuse, ↑remains, ↑rubbish, ↑sewage, ↑share, ↑suitcase, ↑trash, ↑waste

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