dispose of sb/sth
— phrasal verb with dispose uk/dɪˈspəʊz/us/dɪˈspoʊz/verb formal
C1 to get rid of someone or something or deal with something so that the matter is finished:
How did they dispose of the body?
It took only five minutes for the world champion to dispose of (= defeat) his opponent.
More examples
- Surely there must be a better way to dispose of nuclear waste?
- He never uses that bike any more, but he's very reluctant to dispose of it.
- Some farmers were disposing of animal carcasses in secret.
- He strangled her with her own scarf and then disposed of her body in the woods.
- There is a recycling bin in the car park where you can dispose of your drinks cans.
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
- fling sth/sb out
- flush sth out
- fly-tipping
- free sb from/of sth
- haemodialysis
- junk
- pension
- scrap
- shuffle
- throw the baby out with the bathwater idiom
- toss sth aside
- toss sth out
- turf sth out
- unplug
- weed
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