dumping

Definitions

The act of disposing of waste or unwanted materials in a careless or illegal manner.

The practice of selling goods in a foreign market at a price lower than their production cost or domestic market price.

The sudden or uncontrolled release or unloading of a large quantity of something.

Examples

The company was accused of dumping toxic waste into the local river.

He is dumping all his old files into the trash folder to clear up space.

Synonyms

discarding unloading disposing scrapping shedding abandoning

Antonyms

collecting gathering hoarding retaining storing keeping acquiring