as in bickered
to express different opinions about something often angrily
the young couple often scrapped about money and their very disparate spending habits
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as in discarded
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
we've decided to scrap the second car
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as in cancelled
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
we scrapped our plans to go to Paris, and set out the next day for Prague
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Recent Examples of scrapped
Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
The Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements Act (SCORE Act) was supposed to go to a House floor vote this week, but that plan was scrapped when the bill’s sponsors reportedly sensed a majority would vote nay.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Costs ballooned from £33 billion to over £100 billion, and the northern section was scrapped entirely.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
On Friday, Levine Cava scrapped her plan and moved the $28 million helicopter expense back into the countywide budget.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
The following year, when he was scheduled to fight Donald Cerrone on the UFC 205 card, the bout was scrapped when Gastelum came into fight week ten pounds overweight.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
The first-person shooter was originally announced back in 2017 before being scrapped and restarted entirely in 2020.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
The cruise line previously scrapped stops there until October, amid ongoing violence in the country.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
His interest in aging fed into the closing joke of his 2017 special Live at Madison Square Garden, and would have been the inspiration for his 2022 directorial debut film, Being Mortal, if the film had not been scrapped following harassment complaints against star Bill Murray on set.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2025
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The old-timey chain had recently scrapped major parts of its turnaround plan after right-wing backlash.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
The Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements Act (SCORE Act) was supposed to go to a House floor vote this week, but that plan was scrapped when the bill’s sponsors reportedly sensed a majority would vote nay.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Costs ballooned from £33 billion to over £100 billion, and the northern section was scrapped entirely.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
On Friday, Levine Cava scrapped her plan and moved the $28 million helicopter expense back into the countywide budget.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
The following year, when he was scheduled to fight Donald Cerrone on the UFC 205 card, the bout was scrapped when Gastelum came into fight week ten pounds overweight.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
The first-person shooter was originally announced back in 2017 before being scrapped and restarted entirely in 2020.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
The cruise line previously scrapped stops there until October, amid ongoing violence in the country.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
His interest in aging fed into the closing joke of his 2017 special Live at Madison Square Garden, and would have been the inspiration for his 2022 directorial debut film, Being Mortal, if the film had not been scrapped following harassment complaints against star Bill Murray on set.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Scrapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrapped. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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