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dispose of in American English ; 1. to deal with conclusively; settle ; 2. to give away or sell. EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'disposeof'    Share× Credits× disposeof 1. phrasalverb Ifyoudisposeofsomethingthatyounolongerwantorneed,youthrowitaway. Justfoldupthenappyanddisposeofitinthenormalmanner.[VERBPARTICLEnoun] ...thesafestmeansofdisposingofnuclearwaste.[VERBPARTICLEnoun] Engineoilcannotbedisposedofdowndrains.[VERBPARTICLEnoun] 2. phrasalverb Ifyoudisposeofaproblem,task,orquestion,youdealwithit. Youdidusagreatfavourbydisposingofthatproblem.[VERBPARTICLEnoun] Thejusticeshavebeenarguingabouthowthecaseshouldbedisposedof.[VERBPARTICLEnoun] 3. phrasalverb Todisposeofapersonorananimalmeanstokillthem. [formal]Heallegedthattheyhadhiredanassassintodisposeofhim.[VERBPARTICLEnoun] MoreSynonymsofdisposeofSeefulldictionaryentryfordisposeCOBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'disposeof' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'Kahlo' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps disposeofinAmericanEnglish 1.  todealwithconclusively;settle 2.  togiveawayorsell 3.  togetridof;throwaway SeefulldictionaryentryfordisposeWebster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. disposeofinAmericanEnglish a. todealwithconclusively;settle b. togetridof;discard c. totransferorgiveaway,asbygiftorsale d. todoawaywith;destroy SeefulldictionaryentryfordisposeMostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd Examplesof'disposeof'inasentence disposeof ExamplesentencesfromtheCollinsCorpus Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… Pickoffalltheaffectedpartsoftheplantanddisposeofthem-notonthecompost heap.TheSun(2008) Restrictedeatinghelpsthebody'scellsdisposeofharmfulwaste-aprocesscalled autophagy.TheSun(2017) Somesolidarityaswedisposeofthelastphysicalremnantsofherexistence.Times,SundayTimes(2016) Thenextpartofthemorningroutinewastogetasqueegeetodisposeofthewater thathadpooledonthefiberglassdeck.Clancy,TomWITHOUTREMORSE(1993) Theydecidetodisposeofthebodysotheycankeephismoney,onlytoturnonone another.TheSun(2011) Thiscanbedonebyhelpingthemdisposeofthelong-dated,mispricedassetssitting ontheirbalancesheets.Times,SundayTimes(2012) Toavoidanyunnecessaryhassle,makesureyoudisposeofleftoversbeforeyouenter thecountry.Times,SundayTimes(2008) Underoneoption,a'badbank'wouldbecreatedtodisposeofbaddebts.Times,SundayTimes(2009) Unlikeitemsboughtwithaloanorcreditcard,youcannotsellordisposeofthe goodswhilemakingpayments.Times,SundayTimes(2013) Untiltheclothesmanufacturersbecomemoreconsciousoftheirresponsibilitytowards theplanet,howshouldwedisposeoftheseuselesspiecesofplastic?Times,SundayTimes(2018) ExamplesentencesfromCollinsdictionaries Foldupthenappyanddisposeofit. Hemanagedtodisposeofmoremoneyandgoods. Howdotheydisposeofnuclearwaste? Presidentscan'tdisposeofcompaniesasifpeopledidn'texist. Browsealphabetically disposeof disposalsystem disposalunit dispose disposeof disposeofwaste disposed disposedly AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'D' Relatedtermsof disposeof disposeofwaste Source DefinitionofdisposeoffromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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