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单词 dispose of sb/sth
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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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