Dump and Refuse

Dump

Dump noun - A place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped.

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Refuse and dump are semantically related In some cases you can use "Refuse" instead the word "Dump" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: dumps, dumpy, dumping, dumped, dumper

Refuse noun - Discarded or useless material.

Usage example: refuse had littered the playground until our volunteer group cleaned it up

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Dump and refuse are semantically related in garbage topic. Sometimes you can use "Dump" instead the word "Refuse" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser

alien	alien dump	alien refuse
plain	plain dump	plain refuse
real	real dump	real refuse
main	main dump	main refuse
Other adjectives: industrial.

girl	dump girl	refuse girl
guy	dump guy	refuse guy
people	dump people	refuse people
time	dump time	refuse time
Other words: money, food, anyone.

In The Buzz on Maggie, much of the town of Stickyfeet (which is located in a dump) is constructed from human refuse.

Source: Scavenged Punk
Not to mention the time that he blew up an Army ammo dump (though it was technically Hawkeye that made it happen - Burns' crew was about to refuse the order).

Source: Series / M*A*S*H
Present-day Griffonstone is a miserable dump whose inhabitants are obsessed with money and who refuse to cooperate with anybody, over anything, unless they're getting paid for it.

Source: Greed

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