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discard

/ˈdɪskɑɹd/ noun C2
  1. Anything discarded.
  2. One or more discarded playing cards in a card game.
  3. The act of discarding.
  4. A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.

Plural discards

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Tell her that to condemn and discard one who has not deserved such treatment, without giving him her reasons or a chance to explain is contrary to her nature as I believe it to be.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 35 · C1
Consequently, consumers discard millions of tons of wearable clothing every single year.
The True Cost of a Cheap T-Shirt, p. 1 · B2
It would be foolish to suggest that we entirely discard the remarkable technology of satellite navigation in our daily lives.
In Praise of the Paper Map, p. 1 · C2

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