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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