ditching
noun
[ ˈdɪtʃɪŋ ]
• the construction or repair of ditches.
• "they would have to pay for hedging and ditching"
• the action of getting rid of or giving up something.
ditch
verb
• provide with a ditch or ditches.
• "he was praised for ditching the coastal areas"
• get rid of or give up.
• "plans for the road were ditched following a public inquiry"
Similar:
throw out,
throw away,
discard,
get rid of,
dispose of,
do away with,
shed,
abandon,
drop,
shelve,
scrap,
jettison,
throw on the scrapheap,
dump,
junk,
scrub,
axe,
get shut of,
chuck (away/out),
pull the plug on,
knock on the head,
get shot of,
trash,
• bring (an aircraft) down on water in an emergency.
• "he was picked up by a gunboat after ditching his plane in the Mediterranean"
Origin:
Old English dīc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dijk ‘ditch, dyke’ and German Teich ‘pond, pool’, also to dyke1.
