dumping groundnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈdʌm.pɪŋ ˌɡraʊnd/us/ˈdʌm.pɪŋ ˌɡraʊnd/a place where something that is not wanted is left:
Most people do not want this country to become a dumping ground for toxic waste.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Removing and getting rid of things
- abandon
- banish
- be scattered to the four winds idiom
- bin
- cast sb/sth aside/away/off
- flay
- fling sth/sb out
- flush sth out
- fly-tipping
- free sb from/of sth
- junk
- pension
- scrap
- shuffle
- throw sth away/out
- throw the baby out with the bathwater idiom
- toss sth aside
- toss sth out
- turf sth out
- weed
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