as in vandalism
deliberate damaging or destroying of another's property
the trashing of his apartment was the work of his ex-girlfriend, who apparently did not take the breakup very well
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1
as in attacking
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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2
as in destroying
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 dismissing
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
a club member who trashes every idea that isn't hers
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4
as in assaulting
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 trashing
Maureen Dowd,
Mercury News,
23 June 2026
On Sunday, May 10, a group of teens was captured on camera trashing and robbing a store near the Washington Monument.
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Jt Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
The trashing performance also marked the return of Foos guitarist Pat Smear, who had been sidelined with a broken foot when the band played a benefit weeks earlier.
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Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
31 Jan. 2026
In some cases, shipping companies end up trashing packages.
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Daniel De Visé,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2026
Zelensky formally responded on Saturday in a decidedly undiplomatic post on X, subtly trashing the Polish government for revoking his award while not doing so with other historical awardees that many would object to.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
20 June 2026
There were reckless acts such as climbing on moving and parked vehicles and vandalism like trashing a yellow cab.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
The process is fraught in other ways — the city has been sued in the past for trashing items like tents, laptops and medications.
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Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
20 May 2026
Unsurprisingly, Tigers athletic director Verge Ausberry had his new head coach's back while trashing former coach Brian Kelly and his inability to relate to boosters or fans during his time in Baton Rouge.
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Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
Trash fills the Pacific Ocean, threatening marine life and trashing their habitat, their home.
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Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
14 May 2026
And in New York, hundreds of teens flooded a mall in the Bronx in February, trashing stores and berating mall employees.
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Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
Anonymous scouting reports trashing teenagers are catnip in this industry.
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Lindsay Schnell,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
On Thursday, the Interior Department was claiming to have beat back the toxic blooms — while doing a drive-by trashing of Barack Obama to please the boss.
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Maureen Dowd,
Mercury News,
23 June 2026
On Sunday, May 10, a group of teens was captured on camera trashing and robbing a store near the Washington Monument.
—
Jt Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
The trashing performance also marked the return of Foos guitarist Pat Smear, who had been sidelined with a broken foot when the band played a benefit weeks earlier.
—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
31 Jan. 2026
In some cases, shipping companies end up trashing packages.
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Daniel De Visé,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
Charges have been dropped against Bailey Zimmerman, the country singer who was accused of trashing his hotel room at the Sandia Resort and Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in May.
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Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2026
Zelensky formally responded on Saturday in a decidedly undiplomatic post on X, subtly trashing the Polish government for revoking his award while not doing so with other historical awardees that many would object to.
—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
20 June 2026
There were reckless acts such as climbing on moving and parked vehicles and vandalism like trashing a yellow cab.
—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
The process is fraught in other ways — the city has been sued in the past for trashing items like tents, laptops and medications.
—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
20 May 2026
Unsurprisingly, Tigers athletic director Verge Ausberry had his new head coach's back while trashing former coach Brian Kelly and his inability to relate to boosters or fans during his time in Baton Rouge.
—
Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
Trash fills the Pacific Ocean, threatening marine life and trashing their habitat, their home.
—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
14 May 2026
And in New York, hundreds of teens flooded a mall in the Bronx in February, trashing stores and berating mall employees.
—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
Anonymous scouting reports trashing teenagers are catnip in this industry.
—
Lindsay Schnell,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trashing
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The power loss, a culmination of lightning strikes at various substations and a failure to control power output, led to widespread looting and vandalism amid social and economic unrest.
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The Tesla’s desecration follows a vandalism spree in Queens that saw religious centers, homes and vehicles defiled with swastikas and antisemitic slogans last month.
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He is accused of attacking a 27-year-old man with a beer mug inside the Hula Bar on Saturday night.
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Liv Morgan controversially interrupted Iyo Sky's coronation, attacking her and forcing a tap-out.
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Mexican fruit flies are one of the world’s most destructive pests when laying their eggs, destroying or damaging fruit such as apples, grapefruits, avocados, peaches and pears, according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
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But Blue Origin suffered a major setback in May when one of its New Glenn rockets abruptly exploded on the launchpad, destroying vital infrastructure that will take months to rebuild.
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Integration Calling genomics the most powerful data asset in biopharma does not mean dismissing other data types.
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For now, Comcast is dismissing M&A talk, but there also is the matter of timing.
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In 2017 and 2018, Werhan was arrested on separate occasions in Pittsfield, Massachusetts for allegedly assaulting his father and girlfriend, according to the warrant affidavit.
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Weinstein was originally convicted of assaulting both Mann and Haley in 2020, but that verdict was overturned on a 4-3 vote by the state’s highest court in 2024.
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Riverside has both a community center named for Chavez and a bronze statue — often the target of vandalization — on the Main Street pedestrian mall in the city’s downtown.
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Police said officers from the 116th Precinct had been alerted to the vandalization in the neighborhood and found 11 different police vehicles, both marked and unmarked, with damage.
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An on-and-off again rivalry during the primary The two men shared a similar message during the primary, slamming Democrats for mismanaging the state and calling for tax cuts and regulatory rollbacks.
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Also in 2007, Spencer was sentenced concurrently to seven years in prison for choking a woman, slamming her head to the ground, and robbing her of her cellphone, and for smashing into a woman's car and ransacking it, prosecutors said.
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San Francisco police said the Friday evening incident involved two people vandalizing property with spray paint in the area of Market Street and Eighth Street toward the end of the Trans March.
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Cops are looking for a third suspect — a young man wearing a Knicks jersey — for vandalizing the taxi.
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“Trashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trashing. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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