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   unload

   /ʌnˈləʊd/

   verb

   • 1. remove goods from (a vehicle, ship, container, etc.): "she hadn't finished unloading the car" Similar unpackemptyunburdendisburdenrare:unladeOpposite load
   • ▪ remove (goods) from a vehicle, ship, container, etc.: "men were unloading sacks of olives from a tractor" Similar removeoffloaddischargejettisondropdeliverdepositset downleaveput offtip outpour outOpposite load
   • ▪ (of a vehicle, ship, container, etc.) have goods removed: "the street was jammed with vans unloading"
   • ▪ get rid of (something unwanted): informal "he had unloaded his depreciating stock on his unsuspecting wife" Similar selldiscardjettisonoffloadejectget rid ofdispose ofpass offthrow out/awayclear outscrapdestroypalm something off on someonefoist something on someonefob something off on someoneinformal:dumplosejunkget shot/shut ofsee the back ofOpposite buyacquire
   • ▪ give expression to (oppressive thoughts or feelings): "the meeting had been a chance for her to unload some of her feelings about her son"
   • 2. remove (ammunition) from a gun or (film) from a camera.

   Derivatives

   • 1. unloader noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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