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trash(5) (iou)



trash verb3 trans. M18.
[from TRASH noun1.]
Strip the outer leaves from (growing sugar canes) to speed up the ripening process. M18.
Throw away, discard. colloq. E20.
J. Scott He junked the car, he trashed his clothes.
Damage, wreck, vandalize. Also foll. by adverbs. colloq. (chiefly N. Amer.). L20.
L. Cody He..wanted to trash her place over by way of revenge. N. Sedaka The toughs..started trashing the auditorium. Practical Computing Turning off the power supply..trashes all the data in chips.
Injure seriously, destroy; kill. US colloq. L20.
W. P. McGivern Jules Levy..trashed the pusher who murdered your son.
Impair the quality of (a work of art); expose the worthless nature of; disparage. L20.
V. Gornick She is about to trash the book I gave her to read.
trasher noun (a) a person who trashes sugar cane; (b) colloq. a vandal, a wrecker: E20.