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as in attacked
to criticize harshly and usually publicly
a stand-up comedian who humorously trashes the motley crew of people who bug her
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as in destroyed
to deliberately cause the damage or destruction of another's property
someone had broken into the gym and trashed the decorations for the dance
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as in dismissed
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
a club member who trashes every idea that isn't hers
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as in assaulted
to take sudden, violent action against
gangs of young punks would trash the encampment of homeless men just for sport
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Recent Examples of trashed
Primary voters are far more angry at the party that lost to Trump again, and telling them that Dangerous Left-Wing Candidate X trashed Kamala Harris won’t work.
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David Weigel,
semafor.com,
1 July 2026
But rather than stick around Earth to become a co-hero with Clark, bounces around red sun planets getting trashed by herself.
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Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
This was coming off a first season that was so unwatchable that even the network president trashed it.
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Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
Any party member who seeks to defy his wishes risks losing a seat, being unmercifully gaslit, or trashed on Truth Social.
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Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
22 May 2026
And now their head coach, Tonda Eckert, is seeing his reputation trashed.
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Phil Hay,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
Well, that rich kid who trashed Dodgers fans had just about the worst imaginable day at Dodger Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
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Ian Miller Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
La Querce remained as a school until the late 1990s after which squatters moved in and trashed the place.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Food that needed to be trashed for age or temperature abuse, malodorous air and filthy food containers were among the 33 violations an inspector found at a popular Miami seafood restaurant.
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David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2026
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
1 July 2026
But rather than stick around Earth to become a co-hero with Clark, bounces around red sun planets getting trashed by herself.
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Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
This was coming off a first season that was so unwatchable that even the network president trashed it.
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Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
Any party member who seeks to defy his wishes risks losing a seat, being unmercifully gaslit, or trashed on Truth Social.
—
Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
22 May 2026
And now their head coach, Tonda Eckert, is seeing his reputation trashed.
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Phil Hay,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
Well, that rich kid who trashed Dodgers fans had just about the worst imaginable day at Dodger Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
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Ian Miller Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
La Querce remained as a school until the late 1990s after which squatters moved in and trashed the place.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Food that needed to be trashed for age or temperature abuse, malodorous air and filthy food containers were among the 33 violations an inspector found at a popular Miami seafood restaurant.
—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trashed
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Police said former professional soccer player Badea and another man attacked Zeraati before fleeing in a getaway car driven by Stana and then flying out of the country from Heathrow Airport.
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The three men who attacked our CBS News Chicago crew near Adler Planetarium before pointing a gun at people in Brighton Park on Monday afternoon have been charged.
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These structures were regionally and culturally inspired, and largely destroyed during rapid and callous colonization.
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The Aspen Acres fire has likely destroyed more than 200 homes, but the fire conditions have stopped damage assessment teams from accessing some areas to get a clearer picture, Pueblo County officials said.
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Interviewed following his win on ESPN, the 42-year-old Chestnut dismissed, more or less, the impact of today’s 92 degree New York heat on the proceedings.
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The nonprofit, which alleged the county violated the Surplus Lands Act by not first exploring affordable-housing development at the site, still has not dismissed its lawsuit.
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The singer, who notably assaulted ex-girlfriend and Fenty beauty mogul Rihanna the night before the 2009 Grammy Awards, pleaded not guilty last year in the Diaw case.
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One of the suspects also assaulted and sprayed paint on a person, and when officers tried to detain the suspects several blocks away at Turk and Taylor streets, other people surrounded and obstructed the officers, police said.
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In a scathing Instagram post this morning, LuPone, who has long been devoted to her equally enamored gay fandom, slammed Turkey’s latest homophobic move.
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Investigators said the Tesla slammed through a brick home at a high rate of speed, fatally striking Avila.
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Croatia still furious Despite the correct decision being made, Croatia manager Zlatko Dalić was far from happy, saying VAR had ruined the spirit of the game.
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Bovary is in some sense a morality tale, but what lifts it above didacticism, along with its bone-deep interiority, is that its romantic plotlines are as addictive as the genre works that have ruined poor Emma Bovary.
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But later, when the same image appeared alongside a photo of someone the participant relied on for support, like a partner, parent, or friend, the fear response diminished.
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Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi’s great rival, who is forty-one and diminished, showed the danger of staying too long.
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Kerr’s home in Florida was raided by the FBI on the same day.
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Emilee Hackney is an eighth-generation Appalachian who grew up in the coalfields of southwest Virginia in a family so impoverished her parents occasionally raided her and her brother’s piggy banks to pay the mortgage and buy groceries.
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