ditched

verb

past tense of ditch
1
as in dumped
to end a usually intimate relationship with ditched his wife for a woman 30 years his junior

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2
as in discarded
to get rid of as useless or unwanted we ditched the old table at the town dump

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Recent Examples of ditched When the brothers arrived in court two days later, the jewel tones were ditched, and each wore a drab tan prison jumpsuit. — Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 Despite his tech background, Brittin ditched the Q&A function on the festival’s app in favor of roaming microphones in the audience, giving him a chance to speak directly with his interrogators. — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, the three Romanians ditched the van, chucked their clothing into a garbage bin, and ordered a taxi to Heathrow Airport. — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026 Now, this isn’t the first time Kate has ditched her dark brunette locks. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 24 Aug. 2026 The state’s first family had quickly ditched the historic governor’s mansion. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 The hit-and-run driver then ditched the BMW and appears to have gotten into another car to escape. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026 Under the terms of the NBA’s 11-year, $76 billion pact with Disney’s ABC/ESPN, NBC Sports and Amazon’s Prime Video, the league ditched a significant volume of cable-exclusive telecasts for the greater reach of broadcast television. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Disney then ditched the movie, offloading it to the scrappy Relativity Media — sound like a familiar trajectory? — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ditched
  1. dumped
  2. discarded
  3. unloaded
  4. lost
  5. abandoned
Verb
  • These men never anticipated being dumped in a New Jersey ditch so far from home.
    — Jennifer Janofsky, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Younger artists were nipping at her heels, and her record company dumped her.
    — Martha Ackmann, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of dumped
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  • Potsherds discarded after an 11th-century feast at Etowah—an Indigenous city just north of what’s now Atlanta—contained traces of cacao, a raw ingredient of chocolate.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The salad that goes with the peas was discarded due to this action.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of discarded
Verb
  • Ultimately, keeping firearms securely locked and unloaded away from kids and unauthorized individuals is a fundamental part of responsible gun ownership.
    — Brittany Berlin, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Unloading began the following evening but progressed slowly, and only the fish manure and oil drums ended up being unloaded.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of unloaded
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  • Conversely, someone with a BMI in the normal range could have lost considerable muscle while retaining excess body fat.
    — Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Tens of thousands of children across the two states have lost food assistance.
    — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of lost
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  • Ukonzaemon Usui, known as Owl, finds a young boy abandoned on the battlefield.
    — Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Financing expires, talent moves on, and production slates are abandoned.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
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“Ditched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ditched. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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