trashing
present participle oftrash
trash
verb[T]
informaluk/træʃ/us/træʃ/trashverb[T](THROW AWAY)
tothrowsomething away:
I trash all thejunkmailassoonas it comes in.
Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- annihilation
- apocalypse
- bash
- bash through (something)
- be sacrificed on the altar ofsomethingidiom
- fall in
- in piecesidiom
- indestructibility
- killsomethingoff
- kill the goose that lays the golden eggidiom
- sacrifice
- self-destruct
- self-devouring
- shred
- sink
- stave
- stavesomethingin
- tear
- wipe
trashverb[T](DAMAGE)
tocausea lot ofdamageto something:
Twoguysgot in afightand trashed thebar.
Herteenagekidshad apartyand thehousewas trashed.
Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- adulterated
- adulteration
- at the expense ofsomeoneidiom
- at-risk
- butcher
- erode
- flaw
- foul
- foul(something)up
- gild the lilyidiom
- gloss
- gnaw
- rampage
- ravage
- ravages
- ruin
- scourge
- sour
- wreck
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Destroying and demolishing
trashverb[T](CRITICIZE)
tocriticizesomething or someoneseverely:
Thebosscompletelytrashed herwork, infrontof everyone.
Disapproving & criticizing
- anathematize
- animadversion
- aspersion
- assail
- aw
- backbite
- dim
- fault
- mauling
- nitpick
- nitpicking
- peanut gallery
- people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stonesidiom
- personalization
- personalize
- philippic
- pick
- pitch
- sarky
- trash
Examplesoftrashing
trashing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Much of the book is given to thetrashingof theistic arguments.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, he admits that he was not hurt by the critic'strashingof the film, but rather the manner in which he left it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The director of the gallery is reported to have blamed pedestrianisation for thetrashingof a civic space.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This act, previously called "flooding" or "trashing", came to be known as "spamming".
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