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trashed adjective [ traʃt ]

• damaged or destroyed.
• "they are convinced he is not responsible for the trashed hotel room"
• intoxicated with alcohol or drugs.
• "there was booze, but nobody really got trashed"

trash verb

• damage or destroy.
• "my apartment's been totally trashed"
Similar: wreck, ruin, damage, destroy, deface, mar, spoil, vandalize, total,
• criticize severely.
• "trade associations trashed the legislation as deficient"
Similar: criticize, lambast, censure, attack, insult, abuse, give a bad press to, condemn, flay, savage, pan, knock, take to pieces, take/pull apart, crucify, hammer, slam, bash, roast, maul, throw brickbats at, slate, rubbish, slag off, bad-mouth, pummel,
• strip (sugar canes) of their outer leaves to ripen them faster.
Origin: late Middle English: of unknown origin. The verb is first recorded (mid 18th century) in trash (sense 3 of the verb); the other senses have arisen in the 20th century.


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