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unload

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of UNLOAD

1
to empty or rid of cargo <the dockworkers unloaded the ship>
Near Antonyms charge, cram, fill, heap, jam, jam-pack, stuff
Antonyms load, pack
2
to get rid of as useless or unwanted <I can't seem to unload this old car—even the charities won't take it!>
Synonyms cashier, cast (off), chuck, deep-six, ditch, dump, eighty-six (or 86), exorcise (also exorcize), fling (off or away), jettison, junk, lay by, lose, pitch, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough (off) also sluff (off), throw away, throw out, toss, unload

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