deadwood
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Synonyms for deadwood
Synonyms: Noun
chaff, debris, dreck (also drek), dross, dust, effluvium (also effluvia), garbage, junk, litter, offal, offscouring, raffle, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, scrap, spilth, trash, truck, waste
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She's determined to get the deadwood out of the company. a healthy tree with no deadwoodRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
The arrival of the emerald ash borer has killed hundreds of trees in suburban Maryland, providing woodpeckers with deadwood and also loads of grubs to feed on. — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, "The percussive appeal of the woodpecker," 17 July 2019 Flames along the ground eliminated deadwood, duff and grasses, yet spared trees. — AZCentral.com, "Amid winding mountain roads, a village pushes back its encroaching fire threat," 23 July 2019 Everyone else is still around because United have failed to remove the rotting deadwood. — SI.com, "Man Utd's Summer Tour Squad Was Not the One Fans Wanted to See When Last Season Finished," 8 July 2019 One problem for landowners is disposing of deadwood. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "California’s Paradise Lost," 12 Nov. 2018 The Blaugrana are on a mission to remove deadwood from the squad this summer, and the Toffees are one of a handful of clubs eager to snap up a number of deals ahead of the new season. — SI.com, "Everton Make Enquiry for Barcelona Striker After Spanish Giants Open Door for £30m Deal," 7 July 2018 To do will require some clearing of deadwood from Ernesto Valverde's title winning squad. — SI.com, "Report Names 11 Players Who Are Tipped to Leave Barcelona This Summer to Make Way for New Arrivals," 25 June 2018 Pellegrini may have to shift some of the deadwood first though, as reports suggest Real Madrid could demand as much as €50m for their prized asset, with Los Blancos seemingly in no hurry to sell. — SI.com, "West Ham Approach Real Madrid for Wantaway Midfield Star Mateo Kovačić," 3 July 2018 Hector Bellerin has been named as one of Unai Emery's five 'untouchable' players at the Emirates, as the new Arsenal manager prepares to trim the deadwood from his squad. — SI.com, "Hector Bellerin Named as One of Unai Emery's 5 'Untouchables' at Arsenal as New Regime Takes Shape," 19 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'deadwood.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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